Peter Principle - Refutations

Refutations

The satirist D. Dolson Dolson has argued in his book Rule Zero that the Peter Principle is in fact not really applicable, because it implicitly assumes that higher levels of competence are required at higher levels of an organization. Dolson maintains, in his "Dolson Principle," that "the higher the management level, the easier the job." Those in the middle and lower levels of organizations really need to know what they are doing, and are highly accountable, while those at higher levels can reach those levels politically and/or by luck, and need very little actual ability or knowledge to perform their jobs. Dolson argues that people can be demoted, not promoted, to their level of incompetence.