super-incumbent,” who is “a person above you who, having reached his level of incompetence, blocks your path to promotion”). - Laurence J. Peter

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super-incumbent,” who is “a person above you who, having reached his level of incompetence, blocks your path to promotion”).

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About Laurence J. Peter

Laurence Johnston Peter (16 September 1919 – 12 January 1990) was a Canadian educator and management theorist, most famous for having formulated the Peter Principle.

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The efficiency of a hierarchy is inversely proportional to its Maturity Quotient, M.Q. MQ = No. of employees at level of incompetence × 100 Total no. of employees in hierarchy Obviously, when MQ reaches 100, no useful work will be accomplished at all.
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