Agency Perspectives on Ngo Governance

Peterson, Douglas K.

doi:10.5296/jmr.v2i2.294

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“…Training is considered the most important way for employees in order to attain the knowledge, skills and attitude to perform their jobs. The creation of NGO Institutes to provide training in goal setting, managerial, fund raising and implementation skills is highly desirable in the NGO sector (Peterson, 2010). Training is highly connected with employee development and learning.…”

Section: Human Resource Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing Sustainable NGOs in Kazakhstan

Kabdiyeva¹

2013

ASS

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In Kazakhstan the NGO sector has experienced significant changes since its early stages of development. The NGOs in the country function in different areas including education, human rights, health care, environment, assistance to the disabled, and many others. This article aims to explore and evaluate opportunities for sustainable development of NGOs in Kazakhstan. The paper gives an overview of the NGOs in Kazakhstan, concentrates on issues of sustainable development of NGOs. For promoting sustainable development NGOs need to develop funding opportunities, collaborate with states, business organizations, develop human resource management. Since there is relatively little information about NGOs’ activities in Kazakhstan, the paper helps to understand this area of scientific inquiry

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Section: Human Resource Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing Sustainable NGOs in Kazakhstan

Kabdiyeva¹

2013

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“…According to Peterson (2010), agency theory explains, predicts, and sets the limits of relationships between financial parties. Theoretically, desired executive performance is assured in exchange for compensation when he meets the needs of his/her organization as a financial steward.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework Agency Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Enron) by the board. The challenge of corporate governance is to shore up supervisory and alignment mechanisms that alter the risk orientation of agents to align them with the interests of principals, However, Peterson (2010) further observes that agency dilemmas exist when there is more than one principal conducting business with one agent. The conflict of interest resulting from multiple objectives provided by many principals results in the desire to complete all objectives, but result in the partial accomplishment of some.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework Agency Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Governance and Agency: The Nigerian Banking Sector Experience

Adeyemi

2010

SSRN Journal

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Corporate governance has ignited heightened interest with the collapse of key companies round the world. The demise of Enron, Arthur Anderson, Health Smith and others took the entire globe by surprise. All the stakeholders are now very interested in setting standards and enacting laws that address current issues to protect unsuspecting investors. In this regard, the United States Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to guide the practice of corporate governance particularly in the public corporation of the country. This paper thus examined the issue of agency as it relates to corporate governance. It attempted to determine the extent to which the directors and management of banks are in congruent with this role. It also assessed the impact of agency on corporate governance in the Nigerian banking sector. In carrying out this study simple percentages through the aid of frequency distribution were used to describe the data collected. T-test statistic was employed to analyse the data. and in conclusion, the study was of the view that agency impacts negatively on corporate governance practices in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended that the banking sector should endeavour to entrench effective corporate governance that will compel the directors and the management to be truly and genuinely accountable to the stakeholders. It also recommended that the Central Bank of Nigeria should strengthen its enforcement mechanisms such that there will be total transparency and full disclosure of all material transactions to the stakeholders and the regulatory authorities.

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“…Peterson, 2010, recognized a governance issue between funding source and agencies implementing the funding objectives of a foundation or a corporation with missions for social responsibility. Failure of NGO agents to perform required tasks can reach 75% or higher.…”

Section: Effective Ngo For Implementing Social Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Experiment for Rural India: Addressing Indian Farmers Suicide Problems via Wireless Technology

Lorne¹,

Lai²,

Rosalin³

et al. 2017

FMR

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Abstract. India has a huge population, with 70% of the labor force engaged in agriculture. A social experiment is proposed in this paper for a focus study of the problem and the remedy for the Indian farmers suicide phenomenon. As a deep rooted problem in rural India, this paper suggests the need for bringing psychological consultation for the farmers, as suicide is an impulsive act that cannot be solely solved by long term infrastructure investment aiming for improvement of productivity and technology. The paper argues that the social experiment should be conducted in small scale in a remote rural setting as a small step, ideally by suitable NGOs, to more effectively isolate factors that contribute to the cause, as well as to experiment with more cost effective ways to provide remedies. Wireless technology provides the "in-the-moment" intervention for an impulsive act of selfdestruction. Although this intervention will not solve intermediate and long term infrastructure problems on the needs of farmers in rural India, it can be used as a spring board to promote other innovative initiatives of using wireless and digital technology. When farmers in primitive remote areas start using wireless technology and embrace the use of it as a habit, it will allow an easier integration with the many smart village initiatives already started and on-going in India. Promoting lifestyle is as important as promoting productivity. The social experiment will enhance sustainable development for India.

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Agency Perspectives on Ngo Governance

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Developing Sustainable NGOs in Kazakhstan

Developing Sustainable NGOs in Kazakhstan

Corporate Governance and Agency: The Nigerian Banking Sector Experience

Social Experiment for Rural India: Addressing Indian Farmers Suicide Problems via Wireless Technology

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