Editing Dilbert (section)

== Themes ==
The comic strip originally revolved around the character [[Dilbert (character)|Dilbert]] and his "pet" dog [[Dogbert]] in their home. Many early plots revolved around Dilbert's engineer nature, bizarre inventions, and [[Narcissism|megalomaniacal]] ambitions. Later, the setting of most of the strips was changed to Dilbert's workplace and the strip began to satirize technology, workplace, and company issues. The strip's popular success is attributable to its workplace setting and themes, which are familiar to a large and appreciative audience.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/10/how-dilbert-practically-wrote-itself/ |title=How "Dilbert" Practically Wrote Itself |last1=Ennes |first1=Meghan |date=October 18, 2013 |journal=Harvard Business Review |access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> Adams said that switching the setting from Dilbert's home to his office was "when the strip really started to take off".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Adams, Scott|title=The Loser Decision|publisher=The Dilbert blog|date=July 23, 2007|url=http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/the-loser-decis.html}}</ref> The workplace location is [[Silicon Valley]].<ref>{{Cite comic|Cartoonist = [[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]]|story = Sunday, September 9, 2012|title = Dilbert|Date = September 9, 2012|publisher = Universal UClick|url = http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-09-09|access-date = June 20, 2017|archive-date = April 11, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190411142516/http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-09-09|url-status = dead}}</ref>

''Dilbert'' portrays corporate culture as a [[Kafkaesque]] world of [[bureaucracy]] for its own sake, where [[office politics]] preclude productivity, employees' skills and efforts are not rewarded, and [[busy work]] is praised. Much of the humor involves characters making ridiculous decisions in reaction to [[management|mismanagement]].