C. Northcote Parkinson - A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a st...

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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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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ein Ausschuss ist eher organisch als mechanisch: Es ist keine Struktur, sondern eine Pflanze. Es nimmt Wurzel und wächst, es blüht, wird welk und stirbt und zerstreut den Samen, aus dem andere Komitees wiederum blühen.

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