Parkinson's Law: Or the Pursuit of Progress

By C. Northcote Parkinson

Categories: Business & Money, Humor & Entertainment

British historian C. Northcote Parkinson satirizes bureaucracy and organizations in this classic, first published in 1957. He introduces his famous law, "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion," and explains how officials multiply subordinates and create work for each other. Other essays cover committees, the law of triviality, retirement and the design of headquarters, with dry wit.

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• Shane Parrish: “I consider Parkinson the original Dilbert. “Parkinson’s Law states that ‘work expands to fill the time available’. While strenuously denied by management consultants, bureaucrats and efficiency experts, the law is borne out by disinterested observation of any organization.”