- Parkinson law
- закон Паркинсона
English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics. 2014.
English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics. 2014.
Parkinson — is a surname, and may refer to:* Cecil Parkinson (born 1931), Baron Parkinson of Carnforth, British politician * C. Northcote Parkinson (1909 ndash;1993), historian and author who formulated Parkinson s Law * Dave Parkinson * Dian Parkinson (born … Wikipedia
law — [lɔː ǁ lɒː] noun 1. [singular, uncountable] LAW the whole system of rules that citizens of a country must obey: • It is against the law (= illegal ) for children to work before they are fifteen. • There were easy profits for businessmen who were… … Financial and business terms
Parkinson's Law — Par‧kin‧son s Law [ˌpɑːkɪnsnz ˈlɔː ǁ ˌpɑːrkɪnsnz ˈlɒː] noun HUMAN RESOURCES US noun [S] HUMOROUS ► the idea that work always increases to fill the time available for finishing it: »A variant of Parkinson s Law says that the quantity of emails… … Financial and business terms
Parkinson's Law — 1955 (in the Economist of Nov. 19), named for its deviser, British historian and journalist Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909 1993): work expands to fill the time available for its completion … Etymology dictionary
Parkinson's Law — [pär′kin sənz] n. [propounded by C. Northcote Parkinson (1909 93), Brit economist] any of several satirical statements expressed as economic laws, as one to the effect that work expands to fill the time allotted to it … English World dictionary
Parkinson's law — Parkinson s .law n [U] the idea that the amount of work you have to do increases to fill the amount of time you have to do it in used humorously … Dictionary of contemporary English
Parkinson'sLaw — Parkinson s Law n. Any of several satirical observations propounded as economic laws, especially “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” [After Cyril NorthcoteParkinson (1909 1993), British historian.] * * * … Universalium
Parkinson's law — Not to be confused with Parkinson s Law of Triviality. Parkinson s law is the adage first articulated by Cyril Northcote Parkinson as the first sentence of a humorous essay published in The Economist in 1955:[1][2] “ … Wikipedia
Parkinson's Law of Triviality — Bicycle shed and Bike shed redirect here. For the physical structure, see Shed. Parkinson s Law of Triviality, also known as bikeshedding or the bicycle shed example, is C. Northcote Parkinson s 1957 argument that organisations give… … Wikipedia
Parkinson — Schüttellähmung; Parkinsonsche Krankheit; Morbus Parkinson; Parkinsonkrankheit; Parkinson Krankheit; Idiopathisches Parkinson Syndrom; Zitterlähmung; Parkinson sche Krankheit * * * Par|kin|son … Universal-Lexikon
Parkinson, C. Northcote — ▪ British historian and author in full Cyril Northcote Parkinson born July 30, 1909, Barnard Castle, Durham, Eng. died March 9, 1993, Canterbury British historian, author, and formulator of “Parkinson s Law,” the satiric dictum that… … Universalium