The Peter Principle : Why Things Always Go Wrong

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?rom the office intern to the CEO, from the low-level civil servant to a nation? president?ill inevitably rise to his or her level of incompetence. Dr. Peter explains why incompetence is at the root of everything we endeavor to do?hy 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? The Peter Principle brilliantly explains how incompetence and its accompanying symptoms, syndromes, and remedies define the world and the work we do in it.

Author: Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull

Publisher: HarperBusiness

Publication Date: Apr 04, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0062092065

ISBN-13: 9780062092069