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C Northcote Parkinson
The man whose...
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his...
When any organizational...
When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller...
A committee is...
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and...
Work expands so...
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the...
In politics people...
In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you...
It is not...
It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they...
Delay is the...
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...
The man who...
The man who is denied the opportunity of making decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he...
The Law of...
The Law of Triviality. . . briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse...
It is better...
It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
Source: Guardian (London, 29 June...