The Peter Principle 
Subtitle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
Publisher: Harper Perennial; W. Morrow
Published: September 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780688275440
Subjects: General; Economics, Finance, Business and Industry; Corporate & Business History - General; Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics; Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, e; Business / Economics / Finance
First sentence: WHEN I was a boy I was taught that the men upstairs knew what they were doing.
Description: In dead pan humor, the author tells why the world is so screwed up, why humans fail, and how to achieve a state of well-being, avoiding the ultimate promotion.