Office Wit and Wisdom: An Appreciation of Corporate Life

by TraceyTurner (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.25

  The average office will sap you of your lifeblood if you don't find a way to laugh through the pain. Office Wit and Wisdom encourages us to appreciate the humorous side of corporate life. It includes: a dictionary of management speak - find out what the boss means by opening the kimono and putting some wood behind the arrow ; some effective lies for your CV including a 'Job Title Fabricator' to beef up your current position; embittered rants about office politicians, mission statements, presentations and meetings; some sobering true office tales, including the case of the GBP 60,000 fart; and amusing and insightful quotations about working life from the great and the good. Office Wit and Wisdom is a necessary tool for surviving life in an office, while retaining a sense of humour and the will to live.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $4.17

  Do the words: 'Put some wood behind the arrow', 'Run it up the fiagpole and see if anyone salutes' or 'Think outside the box' mean anything to you? If they do, then the chances are you have a working knowledge of, or are possibly even a fluent speaker of 'corporate management speak'. This strange dialect spoken only behind desks and within the confines of boardrooms is bursting with gems of pure comic genius. Office Wit and Wisdom allows us all to 'sing from the same hymn sheet' and enjoy the linguistic somersaults performed by those dark horses of comedy: your Line Managers. With a dictionary giving suitably dry definitions of american-style office speak, the book also includes definitions of common office stereotypes such as the 'Thruster' or 'Whooper', translations of such job title prefixes as 'Executive' or Senior', and highlights the pitfalls of emails and browsing the internet at work. Office Wit and Wisdom will not only amuse and entertain, but might actually help you to understand those boardroom meetings a little better...