> A significant part of the workforce is just there to provide services to the workforce itself.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
I'm sure there are papers that have studied what happens specifically in business though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_Law > The growth was presented mathematically with the formula x = (2k^m + P)/n, in which k was the number of officials wanting subordinates, m was the hours they spent writing minutes to each other.
(check the original paper for details since this obviously doesn’t explain what n is)