Parkinson's Law - Or the Pursuit of Progress (Paperback, New ed)

'Wittily truthful ... A true classic, whose title has entered the language'  
Times

The maxim that work expands to fill the time available for its completion is now accepted as an indisputable fact of office life. In this tremendously entertaining and painfully accurate book, C. Northcote Parkinson gives us nine more laws concerning the workplace.  Among them is the rule that people always flag three years before retirement; that committees spend more time discussing small sums of money than large ones; that good recruitment is a science - and an art - and that the best time to arrive at a party is exactly forty-five minutes late.  First published in 1957, Parkinson's Law remains the ultimate guide to the absurdity of working life.