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THE PETER PRINCIPLE : Why Things Always Go Wrong
by Peter, Laurence J.; & Hull, Raymond
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEW/New
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: William Morrow, 1969. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/New. 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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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004018
- Title
- THE PETER PRINCIPLE : Why Things Always Go Wrong
- Author
- Peter, Laurence J.; & Hull, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Non-fiction/Wit & Humor/Discourse/Incompetency/Business
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor/Wit;
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