"Det är kul med förändring, det är faktiskt det" - En kvalitativ studie om ledarskap, förändring och motstånd på Socialtjänsten
(2018) SOPA63 20172School of Social Work
- Abstract
- My aim with this essay is to study unit managers experiences of leadership within social work. My intention is to gain knowledge about their management plans, reasoning about change and resistance within the organization. I have assumed a qualitative approach and conducted semi-structured interviews. I have interviewed five unit managers who work in social work, about leadership, change and resistance. Based on the empirical of the interviews, I have, with the aid of the theoretical perspective, the theory of organization, as well as the two theoretical concepts of change and resistance, made an analysis.
Based on my questions and analysis, I have learned that the unit managers are easily clamped between the leaders above, as they are... (More) - My aim with this essay is to study unit managers experiences of leadership within social work. My intention is to gain knowledge about their management plans, reasoning about change and resistance within the organization. I have assumed a qualitative approach and conducted semi-structured interviews. I have interviewed five unit managers who work in social work, about leadership, change and resistance. Based on the empirical of the interviews, I have, with the aid of the theoretical perspective, the theory of organization, as well as the two theoretical concepts of change and resistance, made an analysis.
Based on my questions and analysis, I have learned that the unit managers are easily clamped between the leaders above, as they are so-called middle managers. The unit managers want to be considered like leaders rather than managers. In change, the unit heads speak of the importance of structure, clarity and to dare to talk about when someone does not agree with the change to one hundred percent. Resistance manifests itself in different ways within the organization and is managed differently but they all agree that the most important thing is to communicate. (Less)
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- author
- Forsbring, Sara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20172
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- leadership, unit managers, social services, change, resistance
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8932638
- date added to LUP
- 2018-01-31 13:30:42
- date last changed
- 2022-09-19 11:53:41
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abstract = {{My aim with this essay is to study unit managers experiences of leadership within social work. My intention is to gain knowledge about their management plans, reasoning about change and resistance within the organization. I have assumed a qualitative approach and conducted semi-structured interviews. I have interviewed five unit managers who work in social work, about leadership, change and resistance. Based on the empirical of the interviews, I have, with the aid of the theoretical perspective, the theory of organization, as well as the two theoretical concepts of change and resistance, made an analysis.
Based on my questions and analysis, I have learned that the unit managers are easily clamped between the leaders above, as they are so-called middle managers. The unit managers want to be considered like leaders rather than managers. In change, the unit heads speak of the importance of structure, clarity and to dare to talk about when someone does not agree with the change to one hundred percent. Resistance manifests itself in different ways within the organization and is managed differently but they all agree that the most important thing is to communicate.}},
author = {{Forsbring, Sara}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{"Det är kul med förändring, det är faktiskt det" - En kvalitativ studie om ledarskap, förändring och motstånd på Socialtjänsten}},
year = {{2018}},
}