Parkinson’s law
parkinson’s law is an administrative principle that states that work tends to expand in relation to the time available for its completion. from c. northcote parkinson, a professor of the university of malaysia, who first wrote of this law. while parkinson, like laurence j. peter, apparently wrote his book as a satire on administration, unfortunately it turned out to be true.
it’s a sad rule of corporations, and universities are not exempt, that the administrative apparatus tends to expand with time. unfortunately, this is accompanied by stasis in what is accomplished. parkinson’s law holds true.
work expands as to fill the time available for its completion.
i usually have 9-10 accounting problems to do each week, which usually take around five or six hours to complete. last night i only had one. it took me seven.
parkinson’s law <3
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