The Causes of Inefficiency

Graham Tarr

Chapter 2 in The Management Barrier, 1983, pp 13-21 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract I never fail to be astonished by the perpetual astonishment of investigators who find that inefficiency is widespread. One does not have to be a cynic to believe that inefficiency is the normal state of an enterprise, not the abnormal. There is a good, scientific reason for this, but more than one management writer has mistaken it. Notable amongst these was Dr Lawrence J. Peter, of ‘The Peter Principle’.

Keywords: Line Management; Numerate Skill; Quick Answer; Psychological Health Problem; Airline Operation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06794-7_2

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