
Remembers me of Raymond Peter...
...which has been the matter of some recent computational research:
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Here we show, by means of agent based simulations, that if the latter two features actually hold in a given model of an organization with a hierarchical structure, then not only is the Peter principle unavoidable, but also it yields in turn a significant reduction of the global efficiency of the organization. Within a game theory-like approach, we explore different promotion strategies and we find, counterintuitively, that in order to avoid such an effect the best ways for improving the efficiency of a given organization are either to promote each time an agent at random or to promote randomly the best and the worst members in terms of competence.
http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0455
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I really like the most effective strategies as suggested (LOL)
Seriously, I wonder if such an approach would dampen the consequences of the Dunning-Kruger effect as well...