C. Northcote Parkinson

In the middle of the past century C. Northcote Parkinson, an historian by trade, put forth a "law" that made fun of a number of things, including how a successful organization seems to begin to decline when it erects the "perfect headquarters," as Goldman Sachs has now done.

What's the Difference Between Wall Street and Vegas? 2010

A law propounded by the twentieth-century British scholar C. Northcote Parkinson.

Parkinson's Law 2002

A proverb coined by the twentieth-century British scholar C. Northcote Parkinson, known as Parkinson’s Law.

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion 2002

Mr. BURRELL: Parkinson, C. Northcote Parkinson, a British historian and a novelist, actually.

The Words We Live By: The Creeds, Mottoes, and Pledges That Have Shaped America 1997

And what what reminded me of was a very similar observation by C. Northcote Parkinson, of fame:

In the Pipeline 2010

We fear Mr Ainsworth was promoted so quickly that he had no time to train himself by reading the nine pages in which Prof C. Northcote Parkinson set out the immortal law named after himself, namely "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion".

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a book in the early 1960'ies, called "Parkinson's Law", which contains a lot of insight into the dynamics of management.

forgetfoo.com - it's just a pixel baby. 2008

C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a book in the early 1960'ies, called "Parkinson's Law", which contains a lot of insight into the dynamics of management.

forgetfoo.com - it's just a pixel baby. 2008