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    The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
    The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
    The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
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    The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong

    By Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull

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    The classic #1 New York Times bestseller that answers the age-old question
    Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant?

    The Peter Principle, the eponymous law Dr. Laurence J. Peter coined, explains that everyone in a hierarchy—from the office intern to the CEO, from the low-level civil servant to a nation’s president—will inevitably rise to his or her level of incompetence. Dr. Peter explains why incompetence is at the root of everything we endeavor to do—why schools bestow ignorance, why governments condone anarchy, why courts dispense injustice, why prosperity causes unhappiness, and why utopian plans never generate utopias.

    With the wit of Mark Twain, the psychological acuity of Sigmund Freud, and the theoretical impact of Isaac Newton, Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull’s The Peter Principle brilliantly explains how incompetence and its accompanying symptoms, syndromes, and remedies define the world and the work we do in it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9780062359490
    The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
    Author

    Dr. Laurence J. Peter

    Laurence J. Peter was born in Canada and received an EdD from Washington State University. An experienced teacher, counselor, school psychologist, prison instructor, consultant, and university professor, he wrote articles for many journals and magazines as well as several books. He died in 1990.

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    • 5/5
      This is a must read. I would recommend to anyone.
    • 5/5
      What an insight to hierarchies and how it works and mostly how you can thrive in it
    • 2/5
      It was a very intuitive thing what Dr. Peter has tried to say in his book. There are a lot of controversial claims made, and in the end no proper solution is offered. All in all, I personally felt it was a waste of time.
    • 3/5
      Funny at tmes, but the made up exemples are way too many. The book equivalent of an executive toy... Fun for a short while. In any case, it's worth a quick read once
    • 4/5
      Laurence Peter describes the incompetent world, particular that of the common workplace, in very astute and definitive terms. We already know the world is full of idiots who somehow got to an admirable level of success and “achievement,” however Peter breaks down this thought into a polished and elaborate theory/principle. There isn’t much offered in how to change the Peter Principle, which leaves the reader with a bleak outlook of his or her workplace future. Highly pessimistic, this book is definitely funny and sadly very true.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      A scary explanation about why we see much incompetence in daily life. The problem is that I am incompetent to understand the book myself. Most of the time I cannot tell if the author is serious or kidding.

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    • 5/5
      In this day when there seems to be so much incompetence it would behoove one to read The Peter Principle. Ever been frustrated over breakdowns, poor workmanship, slothfulness, and sheer stupidity? Find out if you've reached your highest level of incompetency.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      One of the best explanations given about the way people make their way through organisations.

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