Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Parkinson, Cyril Northcote (1962), Parkinson's Law, and Other Studies in Administration, Retrieved on 2013-07-15
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    15 JUL 2013

     Parkinson's law of triviality

    In the third chapter, "High Finance, or the Point of Vanishing Interest", Parkinson writes about a finance committee meeting with a three-item agenda. The first is the signing of a £10 [4] million contract to build a reactor, the second a proposal to build a £350 bicycle shed for the clerical staff, and the third proposes £21 a year to supply refreshments for the Joint Welfare Committee. The £10 million number is too big and too technical, and it passes in two minutes and a half. The bicycl...
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    Folksonomies: todo debate triviality management
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    Summary provided from Wikipedia until a direct quote can be found. Concept is that the more trivial an issue, the more debate weighed on it because everyone understands the issue enough to have an opinion.

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