Petronius was Right !
"We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form
up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we
tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can
be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion,
inefficiency, and demoralization."
disputedly attributed to: Gaius Petronius Arbiter, AD 27-66
There may be much dispute whether Gaius did indeed chisel the above immortal
words. Perhaps the patron pagan gods for management had beaten him with the
first commandment :
I did a bit of research and it would appear that dear ol' Gaius was
the Roman equivalent of Carson Kressley in the court of Emperor Nero
and unsurprisingly came to a grisly end by his own hand.