Agency Theory: Principal-Agent Problems



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Abiodun, Nottingham

Agency Theory: Principal-Agent Problems

I need to understand the principal-agent problems that arise in organisations. Thanks...
 

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Bruno, Peru
 

Principal Agent Problems

Agency Theory refers to the delegation of work from one party to another.
The principal delegates work to an agent.
In the case of a corporation, the term of 'principal' corresponds to owners and 'agent' to directors.
Conflicts of interest can arise such as:
- The agent misusing his power for pecuniary or other advantage;
- The agent not taking appropriate risk in pursuance of the principal´s interests due to the dimension of the risk can be different between both;
- Information asymmetry can be another problem due to different levels of information they have.

 
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Mutasa
Turnaround Manager, Zimbabwe
 

Agency Theory: The Principle-agent Problem

I agree with Bruno. Adding to the detail, the result of such conflicts will typically be that agents pursue self serving interests, including personal enrichment at the expense of maximizing shareholder wealth.
The diversion of interests between principals and agents is the major problem in Agency Theory.
Eventually there will be a need to align the divergent interests of the principals and agents which in itself will be yet another problem.

 
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Obert Chinhamo
Director, Zimbabwe
 

Principal-agent Problems in Agency Theory

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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
 

List of Agency Problems

Boot and Cools (2007) mention the following 8 categories of agency problems in the relationship betw... Sign up

 
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K.Narayana Moorthy
HR Consultant, India
 

The Agency Theory and Principal-Agent Problems

The Agency Theory enunciates reactions between the principal and the agent in terms of: - Goal orie... Sign up

 
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Michael Holford
Project Manager, South Africa
 

Agency Theory: Continuing Conundrum!

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