Thesis
IKEA apply the functional organizational structure. The functional organizational structure is a framework whereby the teams are assembled in groups in view of a specific assignments or experience (Spector, 2012).There are several functional departments that the company are structured according to them. Theses functional departments are asset management, retail and expansion, production, range and …show more content…
Accordingly, these important features enable IKEA to implement their new strategy by expanding across the world smoothly. Consequently, the hierarchy management will simplify the plan of achieving objectives, and define roles and responsibility for the individuals. Moreover, there are many management levels within the structure which suite IKEA as their chart reflects increasing in employees moving from top to down. Thus, each level is built based on the function which reflects the functional organization. Therefore, this structure draw definite path for effective communication within each function across the organization (Junichiro,