Who should you promote to improve the efficiency of your organization?
"Peter Principle Revisited: a Computational Study" by A.Pluchino, A.Rapisarda and C.Garofalo, Physica A 389 (2010) 467(http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0455)
Based on an original idea of Lawrence J.Peter
L.J.Peter, R.Hull, "The Peter Principle: why things always go wrong" (1969) New York: William Morrow and Company.
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PETER PRINCIPLE REVISITED: SIMULATION |
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Ig-Nobel Prize 2010 for Management to Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda and Cesare Garofalo University of Catania (ITALY) and INFN FOR demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if promotions were made at random! |
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Random selection for top jobs is not a crazy idea (Financial Times, September 2020)
Luca Perri: promozioni casuali (Rai Scuola, Luglio 2018)
We should not let bad managers stick around (Financial Times, July 20, 2018)
talk presented at the Satellite Meeting of StatPhys 24 - "Unwinding Complexity" - Port Douglas, Australia, 24-26 July, 2010
talk presented at the ECONOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM 2009, Centro Ettore Maiorana Erice, (TP) Italy October 25-31 2009
Versione divulgativa dell'articolo uscito sulla rivista Psicologia Contemporana
New York Times Magazine: the 9th annual year in ideas
New York Times - Week in Review: Foiling the Peter Principle
New Scientist - Why your boss is incompetent (by Mark Buchanan)
Inc.com - Should Job Promotions Be Random?
Peter Principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
E' meglio promuovere a caso (Galileonet.it)
Democraticunderground.com: The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study (Two solutions)
Tre ricercatori e un paradosso (La Sicilia, 30/10/09)
Solving the Peter Principle? One Word: "Darts"
Blog Dr J - The Peter Principle
Streamline Training & Documentation: The Peter Principle Revisited
The Peter Principle Revisited: Random Promotions Work Better
The Peter Principle: Advancing to maximal incompetence
Level der Inkompetenz, oder: Das Peter-Prinzip auf dem Prüfstand
New Research Discovers Way To Avoid Organizational Incompentence: Promote Randomly
The origins of corporate mediocrity - promoting the best
Complexity Digest - Networking the Complexity Community
Tecnology Review (published by MIT) - Further discussion
Il Principio di Peter: ora lo hanno pure dimostrato!
Space City: Why Incompetence Spreads through Big Organizations
Peter Principle and Promotions
L'incompetenza ed il Principio di Peter
Putting the Peter Principle to the Test
Defeating the Peter Principle with randomization
Afinal, quem merece ser promovido?
Votre supérieur est-il incompétent???
