Parkinson's law

Summary

Parkinson's law is an adage^[1]. It draws 954 Wikipedia views per month (adage category, ranking #5 of 19).^[2]

Key Facts

• Parkinson's law authored C. Northcote Parkinson^[3].
• Parkinson's law's instance of is recorded as adage^[4].
• Parkinson's law's instance of is recorded as rule^[5].
• Parkinson's law's instance of is recorded as literary work^[6].
• Parkinson's law's instance of is recorded as Epigrammatic law^[7].
• Parkinson's law's genre is recorded as essay^[8].
• C. Northcote Parkinson is named after Parkinson's law^[9].
• Parkinson's law's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 284758278^[10].
• Parkinson's law's GND ID is recorded as 4173364-2^[11].
• Parkinson's law's GND ID is recorded as 1029073473^[12].
• Parkinson's law's language of work or name is recorded as English^[13].
• Parkinson's law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d2gc^[14].
• Parkinson's law's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0246795^[15].
• Parkinson's law's BBC Things ID is recorded as 8f4ffd46-337d-42ae-b4f4-8ef01538b059^[16].
• Parkinson's law's different from is recorded as Parkinson's law of triviality^[17].
• Parkinson's law's Quora topic ID is recorded as Parkinsons-Law^[18].
• Parkinson's law's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i72051^[19].
• Parkinson's law's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 188137233^[20].
• Parkinson's law's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3954432^[21].
• Parkinson's law's Lex ID is recorded as Parkinsons_lov^[22].
• Parkinson's law's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 560269^[23].
• Parkinson's law's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06780303-n^[24].
• Parkinson's law's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 223690^[25].
• Parkinson's law's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as llei-de-parkinson^[26].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include adage^[4], rule^[5], literary work^[6], and Epigrammatic law^[7].

History and Context

C. Northcote Parkinson is named after Parkinson's law^[9].

Why It Matters

Parkinson's law draws 954 Wikipedia views per month (adage category, ranking #5 of 19).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]