The Peter Pyramid: Or, Will We Ever Get the Point? by Peter, Laurence J. Dr - 1986

New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Company Inc, 1986. Book. Illus. by Matt Wuerker. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ; 191 pages; Black & white illustrations; Textblock is tight with no internal markings and no names save for former owners blind stamp; Unfaded pictorial dust-jacket with modest shelf and edge wear including a 3/4 inch close tear to front cover, bottom left, and former owners blind stamp; Two small pieces of scotch tape have secured the flaps to the book; . (Here is wit, wisdom and common sense presented by Laurence Peter as he goes on the attack of bureaucracy and enlists the help of artful illustrations and apt quotations. Dr. Peter demonstrates many ways by which proliferating bureaucracies sap human resources and proposes that the problem with major organizations is that they are constructed upside down, with the point of operation all but invisible beneath the bulk of a top-heavy administration.).