[ale] pyramids??

[krwatson at cc.gatech.edu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Scott
> Castaline
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 13:49
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] pyramids??
>
> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Ah, yes. The traditional route to management :) If you screw up enough
> > but posses critical information (technological or social) a promotion
> > is clearly in order.
> The Peter Paul Principle, "Promote to the point of incompetency." I
> might have the name of the principle mangled a bit as my memory ain't
> the same as it used to be and it was about 30 years ago.

Scott,

I believe your referring to the Peter Principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle


keith


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