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This reminds of a chapter or section of an old management textbook I came across once. The section dealt with office politics and the various strategies and tac
by aptwebapps 14y ago
This reminds of a chapter or section of an old management textbook I came across once. The section dealt with office politics and the various strategies and tactics one could use to come out on top. The whole thing was written without a trace of embarrassment. I wish I could remember the name of the book.
- gadders 14y agoGamesmanship? [1] As made famous in the old film School for Scoundrels? It's a very funny book if you get hold of a copy. [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practice-Gamesmanship-Winning-Actually-Cheating/dp/1607960192 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practice-Gamesmanship-Winning-Actual... //edit// Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamesmanship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamesmanship
- aptwebapps 14y agoNo this was this very dry and boring management textbook from, I'm guessing, the 70's. As far as I could tell it was meant as a college textbook and this Machiavellian treatise on office politics in the middle was written just as prosaically as the rest.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoAre you thinking of Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook? http://www.amazon.com/Dogberts-Top-Secret-Management-Handbook/dp/0887308813 http://www.amazon.com/Dogberts-Top-Secret-Management-Handboo...