On 6 Jun 03 at 23:59, Michael Chaney wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 11:30:22AM +0800, Miguel de Leon wrote: > > uhm, Orly, what's a PHB? :) > > Pointy Haired Boss: > http://www.dilbert.com/ > > Basically, your typical clueless middle manager who was smart enough to > rise one level up the management chain but not smart enough to get > higher. According to "the Dilbert Principle" people are promoted to the > level of their incompetence. To put it another way, people who try to >
I thought that was the Peter Principle. ref: The American Heritager Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. Peter Principle NOUN: The theory that employees within an organization will advance to their highest level of competence and then be promoted to and remain at a level at which they are incompetent. ETYMOLOGY: After Laurence Johnston Peter (1919-1990). -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
