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Sherman’s Law

In any sufficiently aged bureaucracy, process overshadows product.

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© Gary Sherman 2010.

3 Comments   »

• Tim Bowden says:

  06.04.10 at 19:29

  In any Government bureaucracy (regardless of age) process overshadows product.
• Gary Sherman says:

  06.04.10 at 19:50

  Some age quicker than others
• Kay says:

  06.04.10 at 21:56

  Sad but True

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