木桶原理由美国管理学家彼得提出。说的是由多块木板构成的木桶,其价值在于盛水量的多少,但决定木桶盛水量多少的关键因素不是其最长的板块,而是其最短的板块。这就是说任何一个组织,可能面临的一个共同问题,即构成组织的各个部分往往是优劣 Barrel principle proposed by the United States management Peter. It is said that the barrels made of multiple boards have the value of the amount of water they hold, but the key factor that determines the amount of water in a bucket is not the longest one but the shortest one. This means that any one organization may face a common problem that all the parts that make up the organization tend to be pros and cons