Peter Principle

PETER PRINCIPLE, the famous dictum that members of a hierarchy are promoted to the level at which they become incompetent, was devised by Laurence Peter (b 16 Sept 1919, Vancouver; d 12 Jan 1990, Los Angeles, CA), a Vancouver schoolteacher and psychologist. After several years as a classroom instructor, Peter worked as a counsellor for the Vancouver school board during 1948–64, then moved to California to teach at UCLA. He presented his idea in a 1969 book, The Peter Principle: Why Things...

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