Reply to post: Re: Delegating (Parkinson's Law of Triviality)

Autonomy's financial reports? I didn't even read KPMG's due-diligence, says ex-HP CEO Léo Apotheker

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Re: Delegating (Parkinson's Law of Triviality)

Indeed. C Northcote Parkinson commented on that phenomenon in "Parkinson's Law". IIRC the example was approving construction of a nuclear power plant in a couple of minutes then spending hours discussing construction materials for a shed to keep employee bicycles out of the rain. This he dubbed the Law of Triviality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality

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