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Some Blockett-type employees actually believe that they have received a genuine promotion; others recognize the truth. But the main function of a pseudo-promotion is to deceive people outside the hierarchy. When this is achieved, the maneuver is counted a success.
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Lateral Arabesque—a pseudo-promotion consisting of a new title and a new work place.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Laurence J. Peter
Born:
September 16, 1919
Died:
January 12, 1990
(aged 70)
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