Нестерова Ольга Сергеевна

The article discusses the specification of corporate conflicts from the position of the classic line of the agent problem within the framework of the Principal-Agent model and the new line of the agent model "Principal-Principal" between majority investors and minority investors as owners of the company, including shareholders' interaction with external stakeholders in Within the framework of the "Principal-Shareholders" model and interaction of the Board of Directors with external stakeholders in the "Agent-Shareholders" line, as well as interaction between the company's management. Functional managers and employees within the framework of the "Agent-Agent" model, which makes it possible to classify various signs of corporate conflicts. The article specifies the content and functional specificity of corporate conflicts (gnosiological function, diagnostic, procedural, prophylactic, prognostic) that allows to systematize the essential characteristics of corporate conflicts and determine the adaptability of the application of various methods and methods of their management, taking into account the main stages of the life cycle of corporate conflicts, development and completion).