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Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.


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The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.



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The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.



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Expenditure rises to meet income.



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Administrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige.



The vacuum created by a failure to communicate will quickly be filled with rumor, misrepresentations, drivel, and poison.

The vacuum created by a failure to communicate will quickly be filled with rumor, misrepresentations, drivel, and poison.



Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available.

Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available.



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Parkinson's Fourth Law: The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.



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When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.





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