The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong By Dr. Laurence J. Peter

Description: Peter Principle Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 1982by Lawrence J. Peter This book caused a storm when first published in 1969, battering up the bestseller list to #1, charming readers from Topeka to Timbuktu, and finally, brilliantly, blessedly giving the world an answer to a question that nags us all: Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? The book and the phrase it defined are now considered comedic-yet-classic cornerstones of organizational thought, and in honor of the book's fortieth anniversary, Robert I. Sutton has written a foreword introducing the book to a new generation of readers. The Peter Principle, the eponymous law Laurence Peter coined, explains that "in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." Everyone 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, if it hasn't happened already. Dr. Peter's glorious revelation 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 James Thurber or Mark Twain, the psychological and anthropological acuity of Sigmund Freud or Margaret Mead, and the theoretical impact of Isaac Newton or Copernicus, Dr. Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull's brilliant book explains how incompetence and its accompanying symptoms, syndromes, and remedies define the world and the work we do in it. PAPERBACK COVER has discoloration and top and bottom corner on front cover is torn off. Spine is strong and binding is tight. Pages are contain yellowing due to the age of the book. No creases. No markings. No folds. No missing or damaged pages. Textblock is bright and clean. Book is from neat reader's personal library of over 4,000 books. Ships promptly with tracking and packaged with care. Our 100% Money-Back Guarantee let's you buy with confidence. We take pride in our accurate descriptions. The proof is in the pictures. This book is acceptable. WF-F4-PETE

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

Author: Dr. Laurence J. Peter

Language: English