Parkinson's law

Parkinson's Law is one of two observations made by the naval historian C. Northcote Parkinson in a 1955 satirical essay:

Parkinson's law - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adage that work expands to fill its available time Not to be confused with Parkinson's law of triviality . Parkinson's Law is one of two observations made by the naval historian C. Northcote Parkinson in a 1955 satirical essay: [ 1 ] "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." The number of workers within public administration tends to grow, regardless of the amount of work to be done. The essay starts by mentioning the first sense as a "commonplace observation", and the bulk of th

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