C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)

Christ this guy was really a right wing tory imperialist moron
He has few cracks at the Coop at the end of the book and then mentions the Left book club which apparently bears responsibility for the rise of Herr AH in Germany because they weren't egger war mongers
The roundheads were a northern phenomena of industrialised cities and towns, so nothing to do with East Anglia. The Great Reform Acts were an selfless generous act of the forward looking gentry, never heard of the Chartists then? The loss of India to independence is the fault of Labour and buggerall to do with the Indians preferences.… (más)

Dr. Parkinson, noted in his bureaucratic career, that "Work Expands to Fill the amount of time available for its completion." this defines a large factor in Bureaucratic and business life. The book was an instant sucess, and spawned other business and political science books which made this author and his imitators a good deal of money. It was deserved in his case. And became a useful in process design and project development thereafter. His prose is clear, andd the other essays in the work are often insightful aas well.… (más)