Laurence Peter
Jan 22nd 2009
From Economist.com
Not many management gurus have their name adopted for a principle, especially when they are not really a guru at all. The Peter Principle is encapsulated in the phrase: "In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." It first appeared on the cover of a book of the same name, written by Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990), a teacher and professor of education, and Raymond Hull, and it has since become part of the English language.
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