C. Northcote Parkinson

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. ”

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. ”

The smaller the function, the greater the management. ”

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. ”