A committee is organic rath... by C. Northcote Parkinson, a British Historian

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“A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.”

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Name: C. Northcote Parkinson

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Jun 30, 1909

Date of Death: Mar 9, 1993

Profession: Historian

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