Bosses control things – resources, assignments, roles, salaries, promotions – which are desirable.
Their purpose is therefore clear: they are there in order to give these desirable things to you rather than wasting them on someone else. Naturally this doesn’t just happen. They need to be farmed, like milk-cows, or perhaps chickens, so that they lay these desirable things at regular intervals.
This section is divided into considering Bosses (who you report to) and Superiors (who your boss reports to):
Their purpose is therefore clear: they are there in order to give these desirable things to you rather than wasting them on someone else. Naturally this doesn’t just happen. They need to be farmed, like milk-cows, or perhaps chickens, so that they lay these desirable things at regular intervals.
This section is divided into considering Bosses (who you report to) and Superiors (who your boss reports to):
- what are bosses for?
- dealing with your immediate boss
- dealing with more remote superiors
- classifying types of superiors: the Reagan, Hitler, Mao, Kruschev, Saddam, Kennedy & Thatcher
- exploiting the opportunities in your boss's relationship to his/her superior
- avoiding the threats from your boss's relationship to his/her superior
- dealing with other bosses apart from your own
