In the third chapter, "High Finance, or the Point of Vanishing Interest", Parkinson writes about a finance committee meeting with a three-item agenda. The first is the signing of a £10 million contract to build a reactor, the second a proposal to build a £350 bicycle shed for the clerical staff, and the third proposes £21 a year to supply refreshments for the Joint Welfare Committee.
Of course, committees that can sign off on staggeringly expensive items like nuclear reactors are rarely tasked with approving things like bicycle sheds in the first place. To relate this back to the real world, I highly doubt that White House cabinet meetings end up in long debates about what color the curtains should be.
Of course, committees that can sign off on staggeringly expensive items like nuclear reactors are rarely tasked with approving things like bicycle sheds in the first place. To relate this back to the real world, I highly doubt that White House cabinet meetings end up in long debates about what color the curtains should be.