The demand upon a resource tends to expand to match the supply of the resource. Law or the pursuit of progress penguin modern pdf parkinson s law. It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Parkinsons law is a purely scientific discovery, inapplicable except in theory to the politics of the day. Well written and with pearls of wisdom interwoven into every short story.
Or the pursuit of progress penguin modern classics new edition by parkinson, c northcote, lancaster, osbert, the duke of edinburgh isbn. The law states work expands to fill the time available for its completion, and could also be further generalized to say. Parkinson s law states that work expands to fill the time available. Parkinson was a british naval historian, who published his original version of this book as a much briefer essay in the economist. Professor cyril northcote parkinson s law of pursuing progress can be used in every aspect of life, especially of reaching our goals. Articulated by cyril northcote parkinson as part of the first sentence of an essay published in the economist in 1955 and since republished online, it was reprinted with other essays in the book parkinson s law. The author goes on to explain how to meet the most important people at a social gathering and why, as a matter of. The book goes far beyond its famous theorem, though. Parkinson s law regularly goes out of print and then a small run might be printed, which is a terrible shame, as this is probably one of the best management books. He derived the dictum from his extensive experience in the british civil service a current form of the law is not the. The above, parkinsons law, and many corollaries, examples, and observed proofs of the law, are the topics addressed in this book by the originator of the law, c.
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