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11 November 2022

Letters: Rising to level of incompetence

Tuesday 15 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

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LETTERS Dear editor, I like Te Tuhi Kelly’s comment that political parties promote their people into roles in the public service even though they don’t have skills and experience in those roles. I read an old publication by Laurence J Peter called the Peter Principle – here are a few quotes: “In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”

LETTERS Dear editor, I like Te Tuhi Kelly’s comment that political parties promote their people into roles in the public service even though they don’t have skills and experience in those roles. I read an old publication by Laurence J Peter called the Peter Principle – here are a few quotes: “In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”


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