The trouble with Dilbert : how corporate culture gets the last laugh / Norman Solomon.

Author
Solomon, Norman, 1951- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, 1997.
Description
101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

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    Analyzes Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoons. Dilbert purports to be on the side of the worker against management and to be the spokesman for rebellion against contemporary corporate culture. However, Soloman argues that the popular cartoon is actually a placebo which makes workers complacent with the very corporate culture about which they, and Dilbert, complain, while they continue to do nothing to effect real change.
    Contents
    • Foreword / Tom Tomorrow
    • The importance of being Dilbert
    • Laughing all the way to the band
    • A zany management tool
    • "It's just a cartoon--"
    • A humorist's view of Dilbert
    • The culture of eye-rolling capitulation
    • Reducing stress and boosting profits
    • "Maybe your odds are a matter of your control."
    ISBN
    • 1567511333 ((lib. bdg.))
    • 9781567511338 ((lib. bdg.))
    • 1567511325 ((pbk.))
    • 9781567511321 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    97030118
    OCLC
    37368690
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