The Peter Principle Author:Dr. Lawrence J. Peter and Raymond Hull Why things always go wrong. — "Ruefully delightful, horripilatingly valid, ecruciatingly applicable - and fun to read!" -- PLAYBOY — It tells why incompetance is no mistake in any area of humam endeavor--why schools do not bestow wisdom, why governments cannot maintain order, why courts do not dispense justice, why prosperity fails to produce busi... more »ness, why Utopian planns never generate Utopias. THE PETER PRINCIPLE "has struck a throbbing public nerve...a minor cultural phenomenon and its title phrase, like Parkinson's Law, is certain to enter the language" --LIFE« less