C. Northcote Parkinson
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Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law, in which Parkinson named the satirical Law stating th
Parkinson in 1961
Parkinson's grave at Canterbury City Cemetery in 2017
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 fictiona
C. Northcote Parkinson
…expansion, arguing that 'work expands to fill the time available for its completion'. Typical of his satire and cynical humour, it included a discourse on Parkinson's Law of Triviality (debates about expenses for a nuclear plant, a bicycle shed, and refreshments), a note on why driving on the left side of the road (see road transport…
A bicycle shed