The Vacuum Created By A Failure To

Deliberative Bodies Become Decreasingly Effective After They Pass Five To Eight Members.

A Committee Grows Organically, Flourishes And Blossoms, Sunlit On Top And Shady Beneath, Until It Dies, Scattering The Seeds From Which Other Committees Will Spring.

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."

The Nice Thing About Standards Is, There Are So Many To Choose From. Work Expands To Fill The Time Available For Its Completion.

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.