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The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.
The Peter Principle Why Things Always Go Wrong Author:Laurence Peter, Raymond Hull "In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." — It tells why incompetence is no mistake in any area of human endeavor -- why schools do not bestow wisdom, why governments cannot maintain order, why courts do not dispense justice, why prosperity fails to produce happiness, why Utopian plans never generate Utopias...
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"The Peter Principle has struck a throbbing public nerve ... a minor cultural phenomenon and its title phrase, like Parkinson's Law, is certain to enter the language."
"Ruefully delightful, horripilatingly valid, excruciatingly applicable -- and fun to read!"« less