Wake Me When It's Time to Work - 9781138454040

Taylor & Francis

Provides information for preparing to enter the work force, with tips on how to deal with personalities, games, surviving meetings, procedures, and management. > This wisdom-filled and often amusing book prepares you for virtually every unpleasant business experience imaginable. Originally written as a father's advice to his children as they entered the workforce, it tellss what really awaits you behind office doors. > If You Want a Best Friend, Get a Dog, Not a Job;Lords and Lackeys on Parade; Who Needs Reasons When We Have Policies?; How to Spot Houdini, Copperfield, and Other Masters of Illusion; How to Avoid Falling for Hooks, Lines, and Stinkers; I May be Ineffective, but I Have a Nice Office; What the Company Giveth, the Company Can Taketh Away