The Peter Principle Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Our story begins in 1902

Our story begins in 1902

The hospice has become an iconic building for this new culture

As Jake searches for the truth

and operating results and market data base

Tommy Lasorda

The Peter Principle Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Our story begins in 1902In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his own level of incompetence. This dangerously simple maxim of organisational dysfunction, first spelt out more than thirty three years ago, has wormed its way into everyday managerial vocabulary. The Peter Principle is rife wherever hierarchies exist multinational companies, local government, the Civil Service, hospital management, the groves of academe and public transport. There is no promotion, like