When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. He becomes fussy about filing, keen on seeing that pencils are sharpened, eager to ensure that the windows are open (or shut) and apt to use two or three different-colored inks.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

Deliberative bodies become decreasingly effective after they pass five to eight members.

Administrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige.

The vacuum created by a failure to communicate will quickly be filled with rumor, misrepresentations, drivel, and poison.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is the busiest man who has time to spare."