Ikea

What type of organizational culture is most representative of IKEA: family, Eiffel

Tower, guided missile or incubator?

-The type of organizational culture, which is most representative of IKEA, is family

culture. A family culture is characterized by a strong emphasis on hierarchy and

orientation to the person. I believe that family culture is most representative in IKEA

because of its leader and founder, Ingvar Kamprad, philosophy. Ingvar is viewed as a

caring parent and one who knows what is best for the personnel and the company as

whole, He implemented his philosophy of how to run the business in the simplest way

possible and that is why Ikea’s management style is described as informal, open and

caring. What can be understood from these success factors is that Kamprad plays a big

role in the success of the company. He has always been the ”center” of the b...