Peter Principle
"People are promoted until they reach their level of incompetence"
TRANSLATION
Peter-Prinzip
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"To me, Randell personified the Peter Principle, a popular management theory of the 1970s which held that you rise to your level of incompetence - in other words, you keep getting promoted till eventually you find yourself in a job that's beyond you."
(Karl Du Fresne in The Evening Post, May 31, 2000)
(Karl Du Fresne in The Evening Post, May 31, 2000)
Did you
know?
Wordwise: The Peter Principle is the theory that an employee within an organization will advance to his or her level of incompetence and remain there, forever.
After Laurence Johnston Peter (1919-1990).
please note another word:
to peter out: zu Ende gehen, sich verlieren, sich totlaufen (mot.: absterben)
After Laurence Johnston Peter (1919-1990).
please note another word:
to peter out: zu Ende gehen, sich verlieren, sich totlaufen (mot.: absterben)
