Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-11
Books mentioned on Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?
People who are good at their jobs routinely get promoted into bigger jobs they’re bad at. We explain why firms keep producing incompetent managers — and why that’s unlikely to change.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Peter Principle
The Peter Principle by Dr.
Discussed“The Peter Principle is a very funny and popular management book written by Lawrence J. Peter, and his book offers an explanation for why we might see incompetent bosses everywhere. 'Incompetent bosses everywhere... okay, I’m listening.”
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THE PETER PRINCIPLE WHY THINGS ALWAYS GO WRONG
The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong by Dr.
Discussed“The book he wrote with Raymond Hull was called 'The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.' It wound up selling millions of copies. The book was meant to say corporate strategy.”
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