A comedy of errors

by Prasanna Kumar

A typical management book is like a painting. Comprehension is left to the reader. This is an 'atypical' management book. This book is filled with insightful conversations between a naive software engineer and his new-naughty -non-IT boss. The comedy of their togetherness brings out several management secrets.
- Babysitting Techniques a.k.a People Management
- Zenjitsu, Ninjtsu, Jujitsu (Office Tactics and Tricks)
- And some life altering thoughts.
Replete with wit and wisdom that even non-management folks can enjoy.

Genres: Nonfiction, Literature

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Nidhi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nope, this isnt Shakespeare. Its an Indian author and his commentaries on Project Management with the IT industry as the context.

Its a book in which a fictious manager "Bob" passes on pearls of wisdom on several subjects (project management, people management, strategy, self-management in terms of promotion, branding etc) to "Sam" to whom he has taken a sudden liking for reasons not clear till the very end of the book - actually the ending is so pathetic it made me weep -think the author got tired by then as he ran out of ideas and one-liners, some original and some borrowed and peppered with quite a few cliches.

Complete review is on http://turningpagesbook.blogspot.com/...

[Anitha]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to get hold of this book? I tried from Amazon to Barnes and can't seem to have one in stock.

Any Ebook available.

Willing to buy.

Thanks
anitha
anitha.selladorai@gmail.com

[Srikanth · Rating 3 out of 5]

its a collection of good case studies and illustrations were ease to understand concepts behind it. Thanks for Prasanna Kumar.

[Ajitabh Pandey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read. I could visualize things around me when I read this book.

[Rangarajan Iyengar · Rating 3 out of 5]

light read, quite funny ... ideal for the people in their 20s.
the creativity of the author is top class!

[Karthick Meenakshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and learnt a lot. If you are a developer in India and lost in the IT industry, this book is for you..

[Sivaram Krishna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light and funny read. Makes you think as well. Will keep it in my library for reference.

[Nishant Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anyone with experience of working in a corporate world will easily relate to this book. Fundas of HR, strategy, board meetings and management terminologies are explained in humorous manner. Sam or Swaminathan is the protagonist working in an IT form for last 5 years and is going through a mid life crisis due to shoddy treatment by his bosses. He is suddenly assigned a international project in USA (mostly because nobody thought that the company got a chance to win it). On the way, Sam meets Bob and then the whole journey becomes spicy and interesting. I particularly liked the conversation between Sam and Bob and Bobism was at its best. Highly recommended. It is a light read but you will perhaps some terms better than after spending 2 years in a management school

[Vikas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liked it, to the core.
Each chapter relates to one of the competencies that one needs to have in a typical IT company.
Somehow each page and each topic just flows into the other. If you have been a part of a IT service comapny, you can definitely relate to many of the situations mentioned in the book. Bob, awesome charater, mends and twists the situation according to him and convinces the hero of the book that what they are doing is correct.
In one of the chapters there is a nice phrase that I liked in particular; the one about the lion and the gazzel.. no matter what, you better start running"
I do not want to mention the exact phrase on purpose. Go, read, you will like it.