Peter's Princple was first published in January, 1969 as "The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong". It was written by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull. So Archytas is close as to the time. I recall it's publication because it created a large reaction from the general public who were quite dismayed at the way things were going (much like today) and most were very relived to find an explanation that seemed to fit the dysfunction, whether or not it actually did. It certainly seemed to be accurate. Rigsy has the correct perception of the principle. Hmmm. I wonder if we could rename it to the Palin Principle.
On Jul 20, 6:40 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > As I recall, the Peter Principle advanced people who were good at one > job into one they were hopelessly ill-equipped to perform- an example > would be placing a craftsman into management or an excellent teacher > into the principal's office. Heh! Sort of like electing a community > organizer to the Senate or Presidency! :-)
