• DocumentCode
    966531
  • Title

    Computerised Parkinson´s Law

  • Author

    Thimbleby, Harold

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Psychol., Stirling Univ., UK
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    10/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    197
  • Lastpage
    198
  • Abstract
    Cyril Northcote Parkinson, 1909-1993, coined the phrase `Parkinson´s Law´ in an article published by the Economist in 1958: work expands to fill the time available for its completion. Parkinson collected his aphorisms and published them in a book. This article argues, as recent events show, that work expands so as to fill the computers available and then overflows. But it needn´t!
  • Keywords
    management; office automation; Parkinson´s Law; computer based work; computing options; office automation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing & Control Engineering Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0956-3385
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    242111