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AND RAYMOND HULL
Launnce eter (1919-190, an academic an education specialist, an Ry
ond Hull (19781985, ahuinrist rd playwear on the 1989
(tate The Reto Price: Wy Tans Aways Co Wrong. tn the preface
(othe book, Hull explained tate tad tecome increasingly applied at
the numberof procs pwople experience with businesses a Oia
ns fom tae of ting sien bil going oan old address despite
Messe ens to give the business ne oe) Uo ones of catastrophic
Importance tes collapsing ony few yearslter constuction) Dr Pee,
Ht discovering a imprompt conversation, had the explanation for
ih widespread inepsade within any hierarchy. employees tend to be ro
seers ura eve at chch hey an incimpetent operon the dis of the
Teton, Wa sort tne of he publication of feck he ter Peer
Fred entered the language
“The Peter Print drack sh achord Peause appeared at atime whe
corporate and governmental enucaces were increasingly being viewed
\inespoaive, netic ied wih ed tape and mina-mambingy ste
Incdon the meeptonce of “management eer” aba gta academic
Uieipin elle eter and Hilt have some fun spooing the experts”
The llwing ring fist chapter of Te Peer Pre, which presents
iethsis along wih sme git king examples
‘The Peter Principle
\When twas boy I yas taught thatthe men upstairs knew what they
were doing, Iwas ol, "Pete, the more you know, the Further you go."
[Stayed in school until graduated from college and then vent frth into
the world clutching firmly these ideas ane! my new teaching certificate.
‘Daring the Bist year of teaching l was upset to find that a numberof teach
fr school principals, supervisors, and superintendents appeared to be
raware of their profesional responsibilities and incompetent in exceut-
ing ther duties For example my principal's main concerns were that al
‘eindow shades be tthe same level, that classrooms should be quiet and
thatno one step on or near the rose beds. The superintendent's main con
ems were that no minority group, ne matter how fanatical, should ever
tcoffended and that all fic fris be submitted on time, The children’s
‘sication appeared farts from the administrator's mind
“At fist thought this was a special weakness ofthe schoo! system in
wich tought 0 L applied for certiication in another province. fill! out
the special forms, enclosed the required documents, and complied will
ingly with al the red tape. Several Weeks later, back came my application
antl the documents!
No, there was nothing wrong with my credentials; the forms were
correctly fll out an oficial departmental stamp shovred that they had
‘Deen received in good order. But an accompanying letter said, “The new
we