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Law of triviality

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The law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson's 1957 argument that people within an organization commonly give disproportionate weight to trivial issues. Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what materials to use for the staff bicycle shed, while neglecting the proposed design of the plant itself, which is far more important and a far more difficult and complex task.

Law of triviality - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Focusing on what is irrelevant but easy to understand "Parkinson's law of triviality" redirects here; not to be confused with Parkinson's law . The law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson 's 1957 argument that people within an organization commonly give disproportionate weight to trivial issues. [ 1 ] Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp is

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