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A comment on The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study (2009).

Re:The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study (2009) by irq-1 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @10:25AM (#17311892)
> in order to avoid such an effect the best ways for improving the efficiency of a given organization are either to promote each time an agent at random or to promote randomly the best and the worst members in terms of competence.

Too funny. Ever think your company was promoting without thought or reason, or promoting the worst people? It turns out the corporate HR/Management system has evolved to defeat the Peter Principle.

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Re:The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study (2009) by kybernetikos on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:20AM (#17312347)
It's a natural consequence of making the promote decision only available to higher ups, who have already found their level of incompetence.

Ideally this study would have included this effect too.

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Re:The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study (2009) by asangha on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:10PM (#17314468)
The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage — management.

https://www.amazon.com/Dilbert-Principle-Cubicles-Eye-Manage...

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Re:The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study (2009) by coffeeacc on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:05AM (#17312248)
Genetic mutation, evolution.
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