Expenditures Rise To Meet Income.

A Committee Is Organic Rather Than Mechanical In Its Nature: It Is Not A Structure But A Plant. It Takes Root And Grows, It Flowers, Wilts, And Dies, Scattering The Seed From Which Other Committees Will Bloom In Their Turn.

Deliberative Bodies Become Decreasingly Effective After They Pass Five To Eight Members.

Parkinson's First Law: Work Expands To Fill The Time Available.

The Man Whose Life Is Devoted To Paperwork Has Lost The Initiative. He Is Dealing With Things That Are Brought To His Notice, Having Ceased To Notice Anything For Himself.

The Law Of Triviality... Briefly Stated, It Means That The Time Spent On Any Item Of The Agenda Will Be In Inverse Proportion To The Sum Involved.