Cowboys are a perfect example of the Peter Principle

[kirkjrk]

The Peter Principle is a belief that, in a organization where promotion is based on achievement,success, and merit, that organization's members will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability. The principle is commonly phrased" employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence." In more formal parlance, the effect could be stated as: employees tend to be given more authority until they cannot continue to work competently.

I can think of at least two examples of this Principle in the Cowboy's organization: Jason Garrett/HC and Jerry Jones/GM

 

[T-RO]

I agree. The PP runs rampant in Valley Ranch.

Stephen Jones seems like a solid guy...but would he get hired elsewhere?

In that family run operation...Stephen Jones cannot lose his job. And whenever people are safe from losing jobs (bureaucracies, union situations, sons and daughters in family businesses) you invariably see the Peter Principle in Play. PPP.

 

[fortdick]

The Peter Principle is a belief that, in a organization where promotion is based on achievement,success, and merit, that organization's members will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability. The principle is commonly phrased" employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence." In more formal parlance, the effect could be stated as: employees tend to be given more authority until they cannot continue to work competently.

I can think of at least two examples of this Principle in the Cowboy's organization: Jason Garrett/HC and Jerry Jones/GM

So, did you spend all night making that one up?

Or did you just find a new meme and figured out how to use it further the hate?

 

[ConstantReboot]

I think the "good entrepreneur" principle should apply to the Cowboys as an organization although that its not.

The good entrepreneur principle really isn't a principle. But its something that entrepreneurs think about when they reach a position of power such as the CEO position. All good entrepreneurs follow this principle or rule including Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and so on.

The rule is that if you reach the position of power and can no longer get promoted further, it is best that you find people more qualified than you are to do the job that you cannot do by yourself. This is what Steve Jobs did. Jobs was a master at dreaming and foreseeing the future. However, he did not have the means to carry out that vision. Thus he hired the best people to fulfill that mission.

Jerry Jones needs to think like an entrepreneur. He can still get credit for everything his team has done but he needs to lay off being hands on. He needs to find the best people to do the job. So far, he has broken those rules many times such as hiring incompetent coaches. Jerry needs to put out a mission statement for the Cowboys and adhere to it religiously. If that mission statement means to "win at all cost" then it needs to filter down the pipeline so that everyone believes in it.

The Cowboys does not have a mission statement. They have a bunch of people running around pretending that they know what their doing. They dont and they are absolutely lost. They are an organization built from being disorganized.

 

[CalCBFan]

I think the "good entrepreneur" principle should apply to the Cowboys as an organization although that its not.

The good entrepreneur principle really isn't a principle. But its something that entrepreneurs think about when they reach a position of power such as the CEO position. All good entrepreneurs follow this principle or rule including Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and so on.

The rule is that if you reach the position of power and can no longer get promoted further, it is best that you find people more qualified than you are to do the job that you cannot do by yourself. This is what Steve Jobs did. Jobs was a master at dreaming and foreseeing the future. However, he did not have the means to carry out that vision. Thus he hired the best people to fulfill that mission.

Jerry Jones needs to think like an entrepreneur. He can still get credit for everything his team has done but he needs to lay off being hands on. He needs to find the best people to do the job. So far, he has broken those rules many times such as hiring incompetent coaches. Jerry needs to put out a mission statement for the Cowboys and adhere to it religiously. If that mission statement means to "win at all cost" then it needs to filter down the pipeline so that everyone believes in it.

The Cowboys does not have a mission statement. They have a bunch of people running around pretending that they know what their doing. They dont and they are absolutely lost. They are an organization built from being disorganized.

This is an excellent observation in regards to our organization. Unfortunately, Jobs somehow got the "credit" for being the face of Apple, but I think in the NFL the coaches get that credit. Eddie DeBartolo was a good owner after he took over the 49ers in the late '70s. He spent the $$$ necessary to turn around that pathetic franchise, but most people thinkg "Bill Walsh" when you think of the 1st team to win 5 SBs. Jerry was that owner when he bought the Cowboys in '89, but that man has long since disappeared, giving way to an Al Davis clone (minus the football smarts).

PS My understanding of the Peter Principle is that as employees do well and are promoted, they become more and more removed from the work they were trained to do. E.g. you aet an engineering degree, but upon doing good engineering work you are promoted to manage a group, a task for which you may have no training at all. The best companies will then see that you get training in the new area either in house or at a college of some sort...

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I think the "good entrepreneur" principle should apply to the Cowboys as an organization although that its not.

The good entrepreneur principle really isn't a principle. But its something that entrepreneurs think about when they reach a position of power such as the CEO position. All good entrepreneurs follow this principle or rule including Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and so on.

The rule is that if you reach the position of power and can no longer get promoted further, it is best that you find people more qualified than you are to do the job that you cannot do by yourself. This is what Steve Jobs did. Jobs was a master at dreaming and foreseeing the future. However, he did not have the means to carry out that vision. Thus he hired the best people to fulfill that mission.

Jerry Jones needs to think like an entrepreneur. He can still get credit for everything his team has done but he needs to lay off being hands on. He needs to find the best people to do the job. So far, he has broken those rules many times such as hiring incompetent coaches. Jerry needs to put out a mission statement for the Cowboys and adhere to it religiously. If that mission statement means to "win at all cost" then it needs to filter down the pipeline so that everyone believes in it.

The Cowboys does not have a mission statement. They have a bunch of people running around pretending that they know what their doing. They dont and they are absolutely lost. They are an organization built from being disorganized.

You make a lot of good points.

But we all know Jerry isn't going to change his "spots".

The 2nd best thing we can hope for (some would say it would be Jerry's demise-- but let's skip that for now) is having the folks under Jerry being able to furnish good information and make suggestions that make good football sense.