11/11/2018
The proposed paper introduces and explains so called "Restaurant Bill Effect", following the
presented principle by the Organizational Maturity/Stability criteria. The Restaurant Bill Effect, at
the very first glance, just simply contradicts the Pareto principle, but the paper shows that these two
principles rather complements one another. Essentially the Restaurant Bill Effect (RBE) demonstrates
the Power of Miscellaneous, the notion extremely important in Management, which certainly is dayby-day
decision making, prediction, evaluation, and prioritization of alternatives, and being
restricted by different limitations and boundaries, including the budget issues. If the RBE
phenomenon is evident, it means that the Pareto Principle in this case is compromised, and “the
Miscellaneous” is no more the “Trivial many”. The paper is discussing why the Restaurant Bill
Effect is undesirable and should be eliminated. The advantages for the process/system of being
“Pareto-compliant” are presented. The way of transforming the “Powerful Miscellaneous” into
“Trivial many” and therefore determination of a stable and mature Vital Few is offered, as well as
the Test for being certain that the “golden ratio” of Pareto Principle is achieved and can be proven
statistically.