...re-examine some time-hallowed rules, with a view to eliminating make-work and Parkinson's first law ("Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion"). Though the work week has been growing shorter on the production line, today's managers are working...

...1955 by British historian C. Northcote Parkinson (1910-1993) in his book of the same title. It holds: "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." Its corollary is: the number of subordinates increases at a fixed rate regardless of the amount of...

...1955 by British historian C. Northcote Parkinson (1910-1993) in his book of the same title. It holds: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for Its completion.” Its corollazy 5: the number of subordinates Increases at a fixed rate regardless of the amount of work...

...any reason to study economics. Indeed, it's hard to see what Friedman does all day. Parkinson's Law “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” C. Northcote Parkinson, Parkinson's Law, or the Pursuit of Progress (1957) You've probably noticed...

...to make adjustments depending on the customs of the country. 34. GET YOUR WORK DONE IN HALF THE TIME "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. " C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, PARKINSON'S LAW If work expands to fill the available time, the solution...

...aspects of a single cultural complex. The City 1925:4. C. Northcote Parkinson 1909British historian 1 Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Parkinson's Law 1957:2. 2 Parkinson's Law is a purely scientific discovery, inapplicable except in...

...me what wine I wanted before you ordered.” Rituals fit the pattern described by Parkinson's Law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. . . - The thing to be done swells in importance and complexity in a direct ratio with the time to be...

...maximize your profit potential. If expenses equal income, you > are no doubt proving Parkinson's Law — "work expands so ^ as to fill the time available for its completion" — but I'm £ applying it in the financial sense — expenditures expand to : the full amount of income...

...[after J. Parkinson, 1755-1824, a British doctor] Parkinson's law noun a humorous law stating that 'work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion'. [invented in 1958 by CN Parkinson, 1909-1993, a British historian] parkland tuntn also parklands an...

...“Parkinson's Law or the Rising Pyramid.” The “law” itself is stated in the book's opening sentence: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. An edition in library binding was issued in 1996. An early mass-market paperback edition can still...