", best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle
.
He was born in Vancouver
, British Columbia
, and began his career as a teacher in 1941. He received the degree of Doctor of Education
from Washington State University
in 1963.
In 1964, Peter moved to California
, where he became an Associate Professor of Education, Director of the Evelyn Frieden Centre for Prescriptive Teaching, and Coordinator of Programs for Emotionally Disturbed Children at the University of Southern California
.
He became widely famous in 1968, on the publication of The Peter Principle
, in which he states: "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ...
In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.
When you see yourself quoted in print and you're sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.
The only valid rule about the proper length of a statement is that it achieve its purpose effectively.
The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.