Peter Principle

Joanne Wittenbrook jwittenbrook at ameritech.net
Tue May 1 06:09:26 MDT 2007


> Moving into management should not, and in some companies, is not
> the only way to advance.

>I hope this list will forgive me for assuming this is apropos:

>The Peter Principle states that in a hierarchically structured
>administration, people tend to be promoted up to their "level of
>incompetence".
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  I've seen many bad managers, usually at the executive level. 
   
  But the reverse is also true. When someone is really great at their job, they can get "stuck" because they become very hard to replace. 
   
  Joanne



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