People, Culture & Organization Business Report

Running head: PEOPLE, CULTURE & ORGANIZATION
People, Culture & Organization
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Abstract
The business report is discussing about the organizational approach of IKEA towards the people
as well as the organization. In ths regard, an organizational overview of the company has been
provided. The organizational culture of IKEA has also been explained. The literature section of
the report is discussing about the varous theories associated with leadership, motivation as well
as communication and in the next section an analysis as well as synthesis of the application of
the various theories in IKEA has been explained. Moreover, the key challenges as well as
opportunities relating to the organization has been described and finally recommendation has
been cited as to how the organization can make necessary improvements.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review............................................................................................................................4
Leadership theories......................................................................................................................5
Motivation theories......................................................................................................................6
Communication theories..............................................................................................................8
Analysis and synthesis of how literature is applied in the business world......................................9
Leadership theories......................................................................................................................9
Motivation theories....................................................................................................................11
Communication theories............................................................................................................13
Key opportunities and challenges of IKEA...................................................................................13
Recommendations..........................................................................................................................14
Conclusions....................................................................................................................................14
References......................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
IKEA is considered being a globally recognized home furnishing retailer. In the current
scenario, IKEA is considered being one of the leading furniture and textile retailers in the world.
IKEA is offering more than 9,500 products, which includes an entire range of home and office
furnishings, equipment, lighting as well as accesssories. There is the availability of this broad
range in every outlets of IKEA, and consumers can do the ordering of various products online on
the official website of IKEA. In respect of the customers as well as staffs of the organization,
IKEA is an association of distinctive traits. The organization is also well-known for providing
similar variety of products in every country. The number of organizational products offered at a
single store s ranging from 8,000 to 10,000 products, based on the size of the outlet. Similarly,
the global strategy that the organization has adopted comprises of adjusting to the particular
atmosphere as well as national traditons of the country where the outet is functioning. The
locations of the store, design as well as display are generally adjusted to the overall needs of the
market as well as customer behaviour.
The personnel of the organization is considered being an enormously significant asset at
IKEA, which tries doing the enlargement of the assortment base, improving the product as well
as service quality. The creative approach as well as original designs in addition to the practical
pricing policy will be contributing to the competitive advantage of the organization and will be
explaining the organization’s success to go through the period of crisis.
The organizational culture of the organization will be incuding the key principles such as
simplicity as well as high level of informality, the value regarding teamwork as well as
embracing diversity within the staffs as well as varied means of doing things.