The purpose of this study was to create an understanding of how group leaders manage
their worktime and what conditions the group leader needs to conduct their work
assignments. The research design was a single case study that was performed on a larger
corporation´s central warehouse. The data collection consisted of semi structured
interviews with six group leaders. Furthermore, an inventory of the worktime was made
in which the group leaders themselves estimated their worktime during a month of work.
The results showed that the group leaders experienced a lack of time but that the
conditions were good for leadership. Progress was promoted and the space of action was
big. The time inventory showed that the group leaders’ average work were made of 52
hours. The study discusses the job description, which was too wide and should be
focused more towards the group. The conclusion was that the group leaders worked
reactively, more assignments should be focused towards the group. The job description
needed to be better defined and the groups were too big and there were time constraints
which affected the work.