Kind of an obnoxious little book, in some ways. But that's not to say that the basic ideas of management contained therein are valueless. They are quite useful, actually. I just wish that they did not have to be framed in a somewhat condescendingly child-like parable. Why not just summarize these "one minute management" techniques without making a little mock story out of it? I suppose it's a clever way to transmit the information, but I ultimately resented it.