One of my heros - introduced to me in an Organizational Theory course at NYU which was heavily into the behavioral sciences at the time (1966-68) but reviewed his contributions to the discipline becasue they were not only funny and sarcastic but spot on in most cases - as I was later to learn working in a municipal government environment: C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes: 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. BC: They also design horses as camels. ..................... Delay is the deadliest form of denial. BC: Think about issuance of new official social media use regs at City of ROC. .................... Expenditures rise to meet income. BC: Think Andy Cuomo spending .................. 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. BC: I prepared and presented urban renewal council agenda items to the minority members - this is a cold hard fact. ................... When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body. BC: often that smaller body exists in the virtual world of back-channel. ............. Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. BC: another organizational cliche based on this is Planned perfection is a symptom of decay. Thing Paytec and so many others in ROC - B&L Tower. ................... The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. BC: names are changed to protect the innocent. ..................................... and, finally, Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. BC: and often stray off the ranch while in the office.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:57:44 +0000
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