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THE PETER PRINCIPLE
THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Author: Lawrence Peter
This bestselling business classic of more than twenty-five years' duration is a dead-on account of why boredom, bungling, and bad management are built into every organization. Through hilarious case histories and cartoons adapted from Punch, Dr. Peter shows how America's corporate career track drives employees relentlessly upward -- until they g...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553244151
ISBN-10: 0553244159
Publication Date: 2/1/1984
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Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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It tells why incompetence is no mistake in any area of human endeavor - why schools do not bestow wisdom, why governments cannot maintain order, why courts do not dispense justice, why prosperity fails to produce happiness, why Utopian plans never generate Utopias....
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The Peter Principle: In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetance.


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