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Have you heard about the Peter Principle? From Wikipedia: "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence", meaning that employees te
by fdb 15y ago
Have you heard about the Peter Principle?
From Wikipedia: "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence", meaning that employees tend to be promoted until they reach a position at which they cannot work competently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle
Knowing what somebody is not good at is almost as essential as knowing what people are good at. I guess both Ive and Apple know this.
- pak 15y agoIf you believe in the Peter Principle, you might be interested in the Gervais Principle (http://www.ribbonfarm.com/the-gervais-principle/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/the-gervais-principle/) which uses characters from The Office to wax philosophical about organizational structure. At the very least, the first part is worth a read. It diverges from the Peter Principle in a number of thought-provoking ways.
- r00fus 15y agoHighly entertaining (and insightful), thanks.
- geophile 15y agoThere is a subtlety however. At most companies, you need less competence the higher you rise. What gets rewarded is playing the game, not competence. http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/rule-zero-how-things-really-work/17982276?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1 http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/rule-zero-how-things-reall...