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Managers whose prestige is tied to their budget will expand their organisations.

Drawn from what Melvin Conway said

Subjectmanagement
What this subject means

management Running the place: an executive's calendar, dissent, severance, and what a manager is actually for.

What Melvin Conway actually said

  1. Melvin Conway Computer scientist; his 1968 paper How Do Committees Invent
    As long as the manager's prestige and power are tied to the size of his budget, he will be motivated to expand his organization.

    Where this was said

    ↗How Do Committees Invent?melconway.com

    c. 1968

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