Essays about: "ikea: organizational culture"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words ikea: organizational culture.

  1. 11. The Management Control System Package of IKEA Bäckebol -a Case Study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Berglund; Gustav Rapp; [2010-08-24]
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    Abstract : Background and problem: In an article from 1984, Kaplan concluded that the research that had been developed in the area of management accounting and management control from 1925 to that point had little or no influence on the real organizations, who should be the beneficiaries. As of today the opposite problem from what Kaplan found in 1984 can be spotted, there are almost too many choices in accounting and management control. READ MORE

  3. 12. Assessment of cultural gaps in IKEA’s IT operation in Shanghai, China : MBA-thesis in marketing

    University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Avinash Jha; [2010]
    Keywords : Culture; Cross culture; IKEA culture; China; IKEA in China; Bridging cultural gaps; Organizational culture;

    Abstract : Research related to culture, and analysis of the collected information needs frameworks to understand and solve the complex questions about cross culture behaviour and their integration, particularly when a company with strong native cultural influence starts its operation in another country which has similarly strong local culture. Using Hofstede and Trompenaars, Hampden’s dimensions of cultural understanding, this study aims to understand and assess the challenges related to integration of cultures, when Swedish MNC IKEA started its IT Operation in Shanghai, drawing conclusions about how and if the cultural behaviours did fit the existing frameworks and underlining the cultural gaps still existing in the organisation. READ MORE

  4. 13. Cultural adaptation required for IKEA to increase the organizational effectiveness in Thailand

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Sirinthip Lertsirimongkolchai; Panotporn Phaiboonkit; [2010]
    Keywords : Cultural difference; cultural adaptation; organizational effectiveness; IKEA corporate culture; Thai culture in the workplace; Swedish culture; Hofstede’s cultural dimension and Schwartz framework;

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  5. 14. Business Improvement through People : The IKEA Distribution Center Älmhult Case

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Alberto Gaston Laucirica; [2009]
    Keywords : Climate Survey; Human Resources Management; HRM; Organizational Culture; Communication; Organizational Performance;

    Abstract : During September 2008 the Swedish company IKEA performed its annual employee survey called VOICE. As part of this survey, IKEA Distribution Center in Älmhult (DCÄ) was assessed with a result of 521 points out of 1000 points. READ MORE

  6. 15. Swedish Companies in Saudi Arabia : The Struggle to Maintain Corporate Culture

    University essay from IHH, EMM (Entrepreneurskap, Marknadsföring, Management)

    Author : Johannes Hartvigson; Rayan Hourani; [2009]
    Keywords : corporate culture; organizational culture; psychic distance; cultural distance; control; principal agent relationship; Saudi Arabia;

    Abstract : Saudi Arabia is increasingly becoming one of the most attractive areas in the world for foreign investors. At the same time the country has a major influence on the economy in the Middle-East. READ MORE