In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who… - Laurence J. Peter

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In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties.

Laurence J. Peter

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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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Given enough time — and assuming the existence of enough ranks in the hierarchy — each employee rises to, and remains at, his level of incompetence.

The computer may be incompetent in itself — that is, unable to do the work for which it was designed. This kind of incompetence can never be eliminated, because the Peter Principle applies in the plants where computers are designed and manufactured.

tis the curse of service,
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to the first.

In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. - Laurence J. Peter

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