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"The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved."

Parkinson, C. Northcote on finance    Share

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"Expansion means complexity and complexity decay."

Parkinson, C. Northcote on focus    Share

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"Delay is the deadliest form of denial."

Parkinson, C. Northcote on procrastination    Share

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"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase It is the busiest man who has time to spare."

Parkinson, C. Northcote on work    Share

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"A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn."

Parkinson, C. Northcote on committees and meetings    Share

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"Expenditures rise to meet income."

Parkinson, C. Northcote on cost    Share

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