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Delegation of Managerial Power: A Modern Lever for Participative Management in Cameroonian SMEs

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  • Josephine Florentine Mbaduet

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The main aim of this study is to highlight how the manager transfers her power to a company employee, whether close to the management board or not, to carry out a certain number of tasks on her behalf. An analysis of the literature revealed that, on the one hand, the delegation of power is a form of participative management that has a more or less harmful influence on the company and certain stakeholders. On the other hand, it has been shown that the delegation of power engenders an agency relationship that is a source of conflicts of interest between the delegator and the delegatee, due to non-compliance with contractual clauses or the opportunism of the delegatee, who may use any means at his disposal to definitively oust the delegator and remain in his new position for a long time. This practice does exist within companies in Cameroon, although it is not clearly defined by OHADA law.

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  • Josephine Florentine Mbaduet, 2023. "Delegation of Managerial Power: A Modern Lever for Participative Management in Cameroonian SMEs," Journal of Management and Strategy, Journal of Management and Strategy, Sciedu Press, vol. 14(2), pages 59-68, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:jfr:jms111:v:14:y:2023:i:2:p:59-68
    DOI: 10.5430/jms.v14n2p59
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