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Peter Principle

Pe·ter Prin·ci·ple


noun 
Definition:
 
management theory of incompetence: the theory that all members of an organization will eventually be promoted to a level at which they are no longer competent to do their job

[Mid-20th century. After Laurence Johnston Peter (1919-1990), U.S. educationalist and author]
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