Generationsväxlingen – De gamla ska man ära, de unga ska man lära?

Sammanfattning: Aim: The aim of this study is to examine how managers apprehend today's leadership and how they believe that future leadership will be influenced and developed when the people bourn during the nineteen forties pass on their management positions to a younger generation. Method: I share the hermeneutic view on science. I believe that knowledge is born with in the person who seeks to obtain it. I have chosen to conduct my study using a qualitative and inductive approach. I use an inductive approach as I answer my questions by using interviews in order to respond to my question at issues, and assumes from the empiric in my study. Result & Conclusions: The leadership role has changed from being” the one who decides”,” the director”, to becoming less peculiar and prestige. Moreover, the importance of coaching are emphasized, that means that it is important to see all employees as individuals. We can see that the younger generation has more dimensions in life outside work, and the ability to combine family and career becomes more important. Suggestions for future research: Study family businesses in order to see if they are different from other organisations regarding the view on leadership. How do the family businesses handle the shift of generations? How the people borne in the nineteen fifties and sixties, ”the forgotten generation”, experiences the upcoming generation shift. Contribution of the thesis: This study distinguishes itself by illuminate how the shift of generations will influence us on a regional level. Further more, I examine the area of leadership and how it will be influenced by the shift of generations. That is why this thesis distinguish itself from other essays that describes the alternation of generations.