THE PETER PRINCIPLE : Why Things Always Go Wrong

Peter, Laurence J.; & Hull, Raymond

Published by William Morrow, New York, NY, 1969

About this Item

BRAND NEW & Collectible. Red & black bi-color boards; white dust jacket; and, yellow endpapers. Photograph of Dr. Peter and Raymond Hull on dust jacket rear. Classic exposition on the universal phenomenon of occupational incompetence. Dr. Peter's Principle #1 is: In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompentence. His witty, ironic and disquieting social commentaries (truths?) are accompanied w/illustrations from Punch. Complement to Robert Merton's concepts on Trained Incapacity?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PETER PRINCIPLE : Why Things Always Go Wrong
• Publisher: William Morrow, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Thus
• Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Humor, Wit
  • Government, Politics, Political Science
  • Social Sciences, Cultural Studies