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	Adage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some adages, such as Murphy's Law, are first formulated informally and given proper names later, while others, such as the Peter Principle, have proper names in their initial formulation; it might be argued that the latter sort does not represent "true" adages, but the two types are often difficult to distinguish.
		Peter principle: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
		Dilbert Principle: In a company, the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adage (753 words)

	ipedia.com: Peter Principle Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Peter Principle is a theory originated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter which states that employees within a hierarchical organization advance to their highest level of competence, are then promoted to a...
		The Peter Principle is a theory originated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter which states that employees within a hierarchical organization advance to their highest level of competence, are then promoted to a level where they are incompetent, and then stay in that position.
		An example used by Peter involves a factory worker whose excellence at his work results in him being promoted into a management position, in which the skills that got him promoted in the first place are no longer of any use.
	www.ipedia.com /peter_principle.html (441 words)

	Peter principle: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Peter Principle is a theory originated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter Laurence J. Peter quick summary:
		Relatives and corollaries to the Peter principle predate the naming of the theory itself.
		The software peter principle is used in software engineering to describe a dying project which has little by little become too complex to be understood even by...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peter_principle.htm (1291 words)

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		Hierarchies were satirised in The Peter Principle (1969), a book that introduced the term hierarchiology and the saying that "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence".
		An extremely rigid, in terms of responsibilities, type of organization is exemplified by Führerprinzip.
		Blending democracy, complex system, consensus decision making, co-operation and competition, the chaordic approach attempts to encourage organizations to evolve from the increasingly nonviable hierarchical, command-and-control models.
	www.teleactivities.org (1028 words)

	SERFDOM - LoveToKnow Article on SERFDOM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		But matters were clearly ripe for a wider application of the view that the peasant ought to stick to the soil, and the restoration of the Muscovite empire under the Romanovs brought with it the consolidation of all rural arrangements around this principle.
		Peter the Great regularized and completed this evolution by effecting a comprehensive cadastre and
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	www.1911ency.org /S/SE/SERFDOM.htm (2492 words)

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