PARKINSON'S LAW And Other Studies in Administration.

Octavo, gray boards backed with dark gray cloth with a vignette in silver on the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are lightly rubbed & creased. The dust jacket is chipped with several short tears and with light soiling & some darkening to its rear panel. xi, [1] leaf, 112 & [1] pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white by Robert C. Osborn. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First American edition.Observations on the administrative habits of civil servants and businessman. C. Northcote Parkinson [1909-1993] was a British naval historian and author of some sixty books. His best-seller "Parkinson's Law" was the most famous of these and led to his being considered an important scholar in public administration and management. Parkinson's Law states that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Dust jacket present. First Edition.

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Publisher: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957.

Year: 1957.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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