48 Quotes by C. Northcote Parkinson

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.

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.

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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

The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.

The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.

A committee grows organically, flourishes and blossoms, sunlit on top and shady beneath, until it dies, scattering the seeds from which other committees will spring.