The Pelter Principle is similar to the Peter Principle, not only in spelling, but in a more important regard. The Peter Principle is a term invented by Laurence J. Peter. He said, "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. ... [I]n time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence."
In other words, if one is good at his job, he gets promoted. If he is good at that, he gets promoted again. Eventually, he may get promoted to a job at which he is not good. Therefore, he will not get promoted again, but will tend to remain in a job where he is incapable. Eventually, in any organization, there is a tendency for the people in charge of each and every department to be incompetent. Thus, the organization becomes mismanaged through and through. Only the unpromoted workers get anything done, but their productivity is restricted by the incompetence of those in charge.
A related principle in hierarchies is referred to as the "Impostor syndrome." "Impostor syndrome refers to an internal experience of believing that you are not as competent as others believe you to be." It has been remarked by some social critics that in many cases, the syndrome is a consequence of the Peter Principle — that is, a recognition by someone who has been promoted to his level of incompetence that he is indeed incompetent. ............
We are now at the stage of American history in which corruption has
saturated every level of government, and every level of institutions
connected with government. Were those in power competent to gain, use,
and preserve it, we would already be a North Korean–style totalitarian
state, an Orwellian beast of nightmare proportions. That we are not, at
least not yet, is due only to the ineptness of those would rule over
us. They who would run our lives cannot run their own. .............To Read More....
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