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Randomly promoting people: amazingly, it can be more effective (NYTimes)

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Financial products should disclose that "prior performance is no guide no future performance". Some social scientists have research which shows that is is true of people as well; promoting randomly can be better than promoting on merit. Look for the heading "Random Promotions".

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/magazine/ideas/2009/?ref=magazine#business-1

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