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Categories: Economics laws, Work, Fiscal policy, C. Northcote Parkinson, Adages
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Parkinson's law  Parkinson s law  Parkinsons law  coefficient of inefficiency  Parkinson's Law or The Pursuit of Progress
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C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion WordNet 3.0
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C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Parkinson's law is the observation that the duration of public administration, bureaucracy and officialdom expands to fill its allotted time span, regardless of the amount of work to be done. Wikipedia
Work expands to fill the time available Wikidata
The adage that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Wiktionary
IS A
observation
proverb
literary work
rule
AUTHOR
Parkinson
DIFFERENT FROM
law of triviality
GENRE
essay
LANGUAGE OF WORK OR NAME
English
NAMED AFTER
Parkinson
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Parkinson's law
Wikipedia
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Parkinson's law
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Parkinson's law
Wiktionary
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Parkinson's law
Wikipedia Redirections
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coefficient of inefficiency, Parkinson's Law, Parkinson's Law or The Pursuit of Progress, Parkinson's second law, Parkinson Law, Parkinson s law, Parkinson s Law, Parkinsons law, Parkinsons Law
Wikidata Alias
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Parkinson’s law

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