All, from police forces to armed forces, are rigid hierarchies of salaried employees, and all are necessarily cumbered with incompetents who cannot d… - Laurence J. Peter

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All, from police forces to armed forces, are rigid hierarchies of salaried employees, and all are necessarily cumbered with incompetents who cannot do their existing work, cannot be promoted, yet cannot be removed.

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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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Alternative Names: Laurence Johnston Peter • Laurence Peter
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In time I saw that all such cases had a common feature. The employee had been promoted from a position of competence to a position of incompetence. I saw that, sooner or later, this could happen to every employee in every hierarchy.
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