COVID-19 - En svensk koncerns mardröm eller möjlighet? : En fallstudie av COVID-19 ́s påverkan på en svensk koncern med fokus på ledarskap

Sammanfattning: Abstract Bachelor Thesis Business Administration III, Organization 15 hp, 2FE78E, Linnaeus University of Kalmar, Spring 2021. Authors: Tom Karmfalk & Filippa Olsson Advisor: Olle Duhlin Examinator: Hans Wessblad Title: COVID-19 - A swedish corporate group's nightmare or possibility? ___________________________________________________________________________ Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide an insight into the leadership within an industry in a highly crisis-affected industry and contribute to insights into the importance of leadership and the impact on crisis management. With support from the qualitative data collection via semi-structured interviews, the study will show how the pandemic has been handled by leaders in Parks and Resorts in a very vulnerable industry, the hospitality industry. Problem formulation: How have leaders in a swedish corporate group in the hospitality industry acted to handle the consequences followed by COVID-19? Method: A case study that deals with the phenomenon of leadership in the COVID-19 crisis in its various forms. Through an inductive approach. The collection of data has taken the form of a qualitative collection method. Conclusion: This study shows the results of how important it is to have good and safe leadership in a crisis, how leaders handle stress and the value of communication for a corporate group striving for a goal. Also a group's forced reorganization because of COVID-19 and how stakeholders can affect a corporation's result during a crisis. Key words: COVID-19, Organization, Leadership, Corporate group, Crisis, Stress, Reorganization, Stakeholders