The No Asshole Rule by: Robert Sutton

The No Asshole Rule by: Robert Sutton

Introduction

In the corporate world where there is a large supply of labor in every industry. There are several employees who cause disruptions and problems to the company as well as their fellow colleagues. It gets annoying and it irritates the companions. There could be many losses due to such people and their behavior. Therefore, the following essay is the evaluation of Robert Sutton's book “The No Asshole Rule”. This book has highlighted the causes, the damages and the ways to prevent these people from workplace.

Discussion

Overview of the Author

Robert I. Sutton was born on 1954 in Chicago. He is professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, an institution of Stanford University and one of the leading business schools in the United States. There, he worked in the department of management science, engineering and organizational behavior. In addition, he is internationally recognized as a consultant for many companies.

He takes innovation, connections and gaps between knowledge and action and organizations and recently wrote "assholes in the workplace." Academically he holds a BA (Bachelor of Arts) at Berkeley in 1977, his MA (Master of Arts) and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1981 and 1984 respectively.

Sutton received his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan and then worked at Stanford University since 1983. Sutton has published over 150 articles for publications such as the ' Harvard Business Review, Esquire magazine and others.

Purpose of Writing the Book

Robert Sutton was annoyed, which is already on the first page of the preface very much. He is annoyed with assholes, bullies, torturers, bastards, tyrants, despots and other bad people working, with whom he comes in contact. Sutton suggested that not only he but it always happen with everyone and hence as the readers of his book, everyone would feel the same.

Therefore, against this background, Sutton followed with his paper on the ass factor of two goals that were actually the purpose of writing the book. They are:

It is his aim to show the cause, the damage and the problems, such people and their behaviors cause in organizations;

He would like to point out ways to either keep these assholes out of the firm or removed, or at least inhibits such a behavior.

Proposed Application of the Book

To achieve this goal, he introduces the anti-asshole rule. This implies that one should stay out ...