Re: The Peter Principle (was: Summary of some boring ideas

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Date:         Wed, 4 Jun 1997 21:25:50 -0500
From: kerry miller <mailto:astingsh@KSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: The Peter Principle (was: Summary of some boring ideas
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU

Michael,
>    This is a direct result of not being mission-oriented.  Mission

>    oriented organizations don't play these games.  Steven Covey among

>    others has good books out on this.

>


I would say just the opposite - its the conversion of being _social_ to
being _organizational_ that is the root cause of the anxiety.  But maybe
you can expound a bit further on what you have in mind?

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