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.
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"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." — C. Northcote Parkinson
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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. — C. Northcote Parkinson
About C. Northcote Parkinson
C. Northcote Parkinson was a Historian from United Kingdom (1909–1993).
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This quote is attributed to C. Northcote Parkinson, a Historian from United Kingdom.
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C. Northcote Parkinson lived from 1909 – 1993.