Purchase Solution

What is the Peter Principle as it relates to leadership?

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

What is the Peter Principle as it relates to leadership?

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

This solution discusses the Peter Principle as it relates to leadership.

Solution Preview

The Peter Principle is essentially based on levels of incompetence and not competence. This principle holds that as people succeed with an organization, they will be promoted to higher positions. This happens through achieving internal merit, being successful in one's current position, and is based on rewards and other factors where employees are recognized as being able to be promoted. The person will then be promoted and move up to a higher position within the organizational structure. As the person becomes familiar with this position, they continue to grow and excel within ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Lean your Process

This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.

IPOs

This Quiz is compiled of questions that pertain to IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)

Social Media: Pinterest

This quiz introduces basic concepts of Pinterest social media

Transformational Leadership

This quiz covers the topic of transformational leadership. Specifically, this quiz covers the theories proposed by James MacGregor Burns and Bernard Bass. Students familiar with transformational leadership should easily be able to answer the questions detailed below.

Marketing Management Philosophies Quiz

A test on how well a student understands the basic assumptions of marketers on buyers that will form a basis of their marketing strategies.