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| Author | Dr. Laurence J. Peter |
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Publication date | 1986 |
| ISBN | 978-0688053802 |
The Peter Pyramid is a book published in 1986 by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, who also wrote The Peter Principle published in 1969.
In this book he turns his attention to proliferating bureaucracies, burgeoning officialdom and does for the system what the Peter Principle did for the individual.
With a host of unfortunate examples, Dr. Peter shows how major organizations are constructed upside down, with the point of operation all but invisible beneath the bulk of a top-heavy administration.
The book proposes a range of approaches to reducing bureaucratic complexity and streamlining organizational processes.
