C. Northcote Parkinson quotes

C. Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author, best known for formulating "Parkinson's Law." His insights on bureaucracy and organizational behavior have had a significant impact on management theory. He became widely recognized for his witty observations on inefficiency in institutions. Here are 16 of his quotes:

Delay is the deadliest form of denial. (C. Northcote Parkinson)
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. View quote
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative, He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself. View quote
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Expansion means complexity and complexity decay. View quote
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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. View quote
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The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow. View quote
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The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. View quote
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When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body. View quote
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. (C. Northcote Parkinson)
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. View quote
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Expenditures rise to meet income. View quote
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. View quote
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The smaller the function, the greater the management. View quote
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. View quote
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Occupation: British Historian
Born: July 30, 1909
Died: March 9, 1993
Quotes count: 16
Wikipedia: C. Northcote Parkinson

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