Oblast: Ostalo
ISBN: 0140057145
Godina izdanja: 1985
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

C. Northcote Parkinson - The Law or Still in Pursuit
Penguin, 1985
220 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro

Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster

Parkinson`s law is the observation that public administration, bureaucracy and officialdom expands, regardless of the amount of work to be done. This was attributed mainly to two factors: that officials want subordinates, not rivals, and that officials make work for each other.

It was first published in 1955 by the naval historian, C. Northcote Parkinson, as an essay in The Economist.[1] He gave, as examples, the growth in the size of the British Admiralty and Colonial Office even though the numbers of their ships and colonies were declining.

The growth was presented mathematically with the formula x=(2km+P)/n in which k was the number of officlals wanting subordinates, m was the hours they spent writing minutes to each other and so on.

The essay was then published with other similar essays as a successful book: Parkinson`s Law: The Pursuit of Progress. It was translated into many languages as the law seemed to apply in other countries too.

Parkinson’s Law

“Work expands so as to fill available time.”
Law of Extravagance

“Expenditure rises to meet income—and tends to surpass it.”
Law of Triviality

“The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.”
Law of Delay

“Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”
Law of the Vacuum, or Hoover for President

“Action expands to fill the void created by human failure.”


Nonfiction, 0140057145