= 能力主義。
なんで無能なボスというのが存在するのか？というコラム。「ピーターの法則」が発令されるから、という趣旨なんだけど、
VEDANTAM: In many ways, Noel, I think the idea of the Peter Principle is widely understood. The problem is that acting on this knowledge runs up against a bedrock American principle, which is the idea of the meritocracy. You have to reward the best worker. You have to promote the most productive staffer. Now, sometimes, of course, good workers do become good managers. But regularly, you not only get a bad manager, you've lost one of your most productive workers.
この法則と、アメリカ企業の大原則である能力主義とのそりが合わない、という結論。んで、この解決法：
VEDANTAM: Well, companies are playing around with different ideas. One idea is to have two tracks. You reward highly productive people through incentives, and you promote the people who have people skills. People who actually know how to get things done, work with other people - you promote those people into management.
キャリア形成に2つのトラックを設ける、一つはもちろん昇進、もう一つはメリット・インセンンティブ提供。
うーん、これってすでにどこの企業でも使ってるんじゃないのかなぁ。少なくとも自分が新入社員として入った外資系は大昔からこれだったけどな。
