I preferred Townsend's 'Up The Organisation' from about the same time. What surprises me is the faith we put in leaders and the extent to which we allow them to disproportionately reward themselves. In economic terms I think we have forgotten what real work is and become a neurocracy (most 'work' is pretended). Palin Principle is spot on. The big mistake may be to think these leadership roles are at all useful.
On 20 July, 15:55, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > 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! :-)
