It has been truly said that you can't always make a bad situation better, but you can always make it worse. Why would you want to do that in a business environment? Hey, I'm not a psychiatrist! But if you are so inclined, this manual from the Central Intelligence Agency is here to help.
There's some good, solid stuff here. Here's a sample:
>> In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers.
>> Insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products; send back for refinishing those which have the least flaw.
>> To lower morale and productivity, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions.
>> Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.
>> Multiply the procedures and clearances involved in issuing instructions, pay checks, and so on. See that three people have to approve everything where one would do.
Here's a link to an article about the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual." From there, you can go to a site to download the whole book for free. The "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" dates from 1944, the height of World War Two, but there's no expiration date on corporate mess-making. As the poet wrote, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
http://www.openculture.com/2015/12/simple-sabotage-field-manual.html
