Parkinson's Law and Other Studies in Administration [Hardcover] Parkinson, Professor C. Northcote

It is often stated that 'Work expands to fill the time allowed for its completion'. Few know that this truism is the basis of Parkinson's Law. C Northcote Parkinson demonstrates humorously the lack of a relationship between work to be done and the size of the staff assigned to do it. He points to two causal 1) An official wants to multiply subordinants, not rivals, and 2) Officials make work for each other. Other areas of organizational administration - The Will of the People or Annual General Meeting - High Finance or The Point of Vanishing Interest - Directors and Councils or Coefficient of Inefficiency - The Short List or Principles of Selection - Plans and Plants or The Administration Block - Personality Screen or The Cocktail Formula - Injelitis or Palsied Paralysis - Palm Thatch to Packard or A Formula for Success - Pension Point or The Age of Retirement RKV-167.ParkinsonsLaw