Parkinson's Law in Project Management
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Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.<ref name="Essay"> Parkinson, C. Northcote (November 19, 1955) [https://www.economist.com/news/1955/11/19/parkinsons-law "Parkinson’s Law"], ''The Economist''. Retrieved 13 February 2021.</ref> It was formulated by British historian and author Cyril Northcote Parkinson in an essay for ''The Economist'' in 1955.<ref name="biblo"> Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/biography/C-Northcote-Parkinson "C. Northcote Parkinson"], ''Britannica''. Retrieved 13 February 2021.</ref> | Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.<ref name="Essay"> Parkinson, C. Northcote (November 19, 1955) [https://www.economist.com/news/1955/11/19/parkinsons-law "Parkinson’s Law"], ''The Economist''. Retrieved 13 February 2021.</ref> It was formulated by British historian and author Cyril Northcote Parkinson in an essay for ''The Economist'' in 1955.<ref name="biblo"> Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/biography/C-Northcote-Parkinson "C. Northcote Parkinson"], ''Britannica''. Retrieved 13 February 2021.</ref> | ||
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Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.[1] It was formulated by British historian and author Cyril Northcote Parkinson in an essay for The Economist in 1955.[2]
Originally, Parkinson's Law described how a bureaucracy can grow unrelated to its actual workload because people make work for each other by complicating work. The growth of bureaucracy depends on two factors: (1) The Law of Multiplication of Subordinates and (2) The Law of Multiplication of Work. From statistical analyses, he determined the increase in staff per year to be around 5-7% independent of its workload. Based on this, he formulated a mathematical formula to determine the annual increase in staff in any public administrative department.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parkinson, C. Northcote (November 19, 1955) "Parkinson’s Law", The Economist. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ↑ Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica "C. Northcote Parkinson", Britannica. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
