The Peter Pyramid: Or, Will We Ever Get the Point?

by Laurence J. Peter

The Peter Or, Will We Ever Get the Point? Peter, Laurence The Peter Or, Will We Ever Get the Point? William Morrow & FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Published by William Morrow & Co, 1986. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Tear along dust jacket front.Seller 571156 Humor We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

Genres: Management, Business

191 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1969

About the author

Dr. Laurence J. Peter was an educator and "hierarchiologist," best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle.

Reviews

[MisterFweem]

Got to say it's not as witty as The Peter Principle, but that might be because Raymond Hull wasn't involved with this one. The psychology/analysis is good in this one, but could have used Hull's sense of humor to go along with it. Or at least a heightened presence of Peters' humor.

Good look at how organizations also reach their level of incompetence, which is an augmentation of the Peter Principle (which says individuals rise to the point of their own incompetence). In some ways, in our downsizing times, this is a good book to read, But utterly more depressing than The Peter Principle.

[Erik]

Point-less. Could have been a good book on systems theory applied to organizations. Instead we get a rambling mess, that ultimately tarnishes Peter's legacy.

[Orhan]

GOOD

[Don Gubler]

Window dressing only. Not even close to the original.