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{{Short description|Satirical observation by Scott Adams}}
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The '''Dilbert principle''' is a satirical concept of management developed by [[Scott Adams]], creator of the comic strip ''[[Dilbert]]'', which states that companies tend to promote incompetent employees to management to minimize their ability to harm productivity. The Dilbert principle is inspired by the [[Peter principle]], which is that employees are promoted based on success until they attain their "level of incompetence" and are no longer successful. By the Dilbert principle, employees who were never competent are promoted to management to limit the damage they can do. Adams first explained the principle in a 1995 ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'' article, and elaborated upon it in his humorous 1996 book ''The Dilbert Principle''.