Managing Change with a Shared Leadership Constellation : A Case Study of Cultural Change in a Growing Organization

Sammanfattning: An organization’s culture is constantly changing as the organization goes through new challenges and growth. The evolution of the culture will occur naturally, however, it can also be managed and steered in the direction desired by the leaders in the organization. When managing culture change, the leadership is essential for the changes to be established and embedded in the organization. This leadership can take many forms and constellations, and finding a suitable one can be essential. This thesis is an inductive case study aiming to investigate what benefits a shared leadership constellation can entail for the leaders in the organization, what the attitudes towards the constellation are, and how the culture better can be managed by changing to said constellation. The case study is conducted at a manufacturing company in Enköping which has recently expanded its operations significantly. Through this, the culture has not kept up with the changes in the organizations, leading to a vaguely defined culture and plenty of subcultures. The results are found from combining organizational culture theory and leadership theory focusing on shared leadership. The findings suggest that there is potential for the implementation of a shared leadership constellation to both be beneficial for the group of managers and the culture change work that is to be implemented.