C. Northcote Parkinson
C. Northcote Parkinson
Cyril Northcote Parkinsonwas a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law, which led him to be also considered as an important scholar in public administration and management...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth30 June 1909
work law firsts
Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available.
opportunity men decision
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
numbers prestige administrators
Administrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige.
communication void poison
The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.
mean law agendas
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.
inspirational income expenditures
Expenditure rises to meet income.
kings ignorance law
No king or minister could have instructed Newton to discover the law of gravity, for they did not know and could not know that there was such a law to discover. No Treasury official told Fleming to discover penicillin. Nor was Rutherford instructed to split the atom by a certain date...
procrastination denial delay
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
enter local men politics result solely
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
agenda inverse item proportion spent time
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
people politics
In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
fame
It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
available fill time work
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.