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"A sum of £2,350 is well within everybody's comprehension. Everyone can visualize a bicycle shed. Discussion goes on, therefore, for forty-five minutes, with the possible result of saving some £300."

— Parkinson, C. Northcote event 1958

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"The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved."

— Parkinson, C. Northcote event 1958

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Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress

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Satirical collection of essays on bureaucracy and administration, including the famous law that 'work expands so as to fill the time available for ...

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Parkinson, C. Northcote

event 1909 - 1993

British naval historian and author who formulated Parkinson's Law, the satirical observation that "work expands so as to fill the time available fo...

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Law of Triviality

The tendency of groups to devote disproportionate time and attention to trivial, easily-grasped matters while giving complex, high-stakes decisions...

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