[.ca] Management by Vice: A Humorous Satire on R & d Life in a ... (ISBN 0967008441)

Management by Vice:
Thoroughly enjoyable! The daily grind and politics of work-life are portrayed here in a very well-written and fun fashion.

Humorous, yet candid:
Most of the satiritical episodes in CB Don's book entitled " Management by Vice" are quite familiar scenes in both commercial and government settings. "Gettting ahead" at the expense of one's integrity as well as colleagues' future is the only means for some people. Greed often blinds ambitious management. A quick promotion and fat bonouses are the driving forces for these managers. Hence, short-term goals, say 3 to 5 years, are all thay care about at present, regardless of the future of the organization. Cooperation mergers are too common a way to survive and getting ahead than collisons on the highway, and lay-off is only a part of the evolutionary process, in the commercial world, where survival of those who are most vocal, but are deficient in both technical skills and vision, seems to be the rule. I thoroughly enjoyed reading CB Don's book. It is humorous, yet candid. I highly recommend it to the current managers and those who are old enough to drink....

An Unusual Book of Satire:
Mr. R. K. MSc., Supervisory Civil Engineer, from Michigan, USA. I find this to be a most delightful book. If you have ever worked in an office, design or R & D outfit, you can really relate to the adventures portrayed therein. I spent 35 years in the egg-laying part of the duck and found the barbed lampoons a titillating reflection of my own adventures. There's also a pleasant sprinkling of cartoons and verse the summarize each fo the 11 episodes. The heroine survives a cliffhanger for those of you that relish a bit of adventure. It's one of those "once you pick it up, you can't put it down" pieces that are a fast read and leave you satisfied like a good pastrami sandwich. For you managers, the Scots have an appropriate saying, "would some power the great giver give us to see ourselves as others see us". Give it a go!!

A learning curve that's BENT!:
I purchased this book in order to see management from two extreme perspectives, the first being "Memos from the Chairman - Alan C Grenberg" (best practise) and the second being THIS (no comment)!!! To say "Satirical" is an understatement. I personally found it annoying and upsetting that similar practises have been present in all the companies I have worked for. Thank god for Kama! Thanks for warning me of the pitfalls that are ever present where capital gain is involved.

A learning curve that's BENT!:
I purchased this book in order to see management from two extreme perspectives, the first being "Memos from the Chairman - Alan C Grenberg" (best practise) and the second being THIS (no comment)!!! To say "Satirical" is an understatement. I personally found it annoying and upsetting that similar practises have been present in all the companies I have worked for. Thank god for Kama! Thanks for warning me of the pitfalls that are ever present where capital gain is involved.