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A few of the Essay and Assignment tackled on IKEA
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| | Business plan on IKEA furniture and its expansion on European market with production in Malaysia | | | Furniture is one of the greatest demanded products in a livelihood and as the economy is growing, so is per capita income followed by consumer demand. Consumers are buying house and property market is growing leaps and bounds across the world. Financial market evolution helps the consumers today to take easy loans for their dream house, and decorating it. Also, new consumer demand has raised the evolution of new product lines which eventually pushes the demand of new ventures to start up, new products, and new companies. That automatically pushes the opportunity of new infrastructure, new offices, and new education institutions and without furniture all these are empty and un-fulfilled. Therefore, furniture is something without which livelihood is incomplete. Different market would have different type of furniture demand. It all depends on the developed or developing societies in question. A developing or under-developed nation would not be able to afford metal furniture which is expensive at the same time; developed economies would be able to afford not only the metal as well as the costly and elegant wooden furniture (Koncept Analytics, 2008).
There is one largest brand Ikea and we are evaluating the concept of furniture making and selling in the niche market. Europe is a strong economy, with high purchasing power and considered a developed nation. It is near geographically to UK and has a large population who likes innovative and stylish way of living. Europeans prefer wooden elegance than a metal one; hence, they Ikea’s expansion strategy towards European market has been more of a wooden elegance.
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| | Comprehensive Review report of IT/IS practices of IKEA | | | The report has been prepared for IKEA to review its current uses of IS/IT in their operations, critique their IS/IT management practices and recommend new changes and possible initiatives that would improve its business performance. The report starts by presenting a clear picture of the lacunae in the company’s operations and IS/IT management practices. These have been viewed as a human activity system rather than as a mechanical operation. It has been found that IKEA sticks to traditional methods in order to reaffirm its unique identity; but this stance needs to be changed at the following levels- Customer Service, Marketing Strategies, and Internal Organisation. For this purpose, IKEA has been viewed from an external customer’s aspect as well as an employee’s internal aspect. Its CATWOEs have been discussed to arrive at a concrete picture of the areas that need amendments. IKEA has been thoroughly analysed through a study of its organisational culture and attitude towards IS/IT practices. A SWOT analysis of the company has also been undertaken. According to the conclusions from these analysis, an IS vision has been developed for IKEA. It has been supported by IT architecture. Need of more and better machinery and software has been emphasised. Training of the personnel and modifying the work environment has been appropriately discussed. IS Strategic Plan has been included in the report to make this vision and architecture a reality. Lastly, recommendations have been summarised in the Wiseman’s framework. We wish IKEA all the best in all its future endeavours. | | |
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| | Report on Managerial Leadership in IKEA | | | The definition of leadership has been changing with time. The several mutations that the very concept of leadership has gone under are proof of the emerging needs and competition of organisations. Leadership is no more just the task of decision making; it is an all encompassing field. These changes have given rise to newer terms and concepts. One of such terms and concepts is ‘managerial leadership’. Managerial leadership is the skill of maximizing opportunities not just for oneself, but for the organisation on the whole. Topping (2005) states that enabling your associates to work at their very best is the core of managerial leadership. Managerial leadership thus, transcends the individual and works at the level of the organisation. It is argued that managerial leadership works both at the individual and the organisational level. This is true to some extent only because ultimately, it is the organisation that is the target of managerial leadership. More and more organisations are adopting managerial leadership for this very reason. Managerial leadership helps in improving the efficiency of the whole organisation. Therefore, it has become quite popular.
Managerial leadership has various levels. It moves in a sort of hierarchy. Thus, there are managers or leaders or managerial leaders at different statures. There may be an administrative officers, then a middle manager and at the top an executive. All are responsible for managerial leadership; the nature and content of tasks of course varies at these levels. Therefore, managerial leadership requires training. It is also called ‘Managerial Leadership Development’. To maximize the opportunities for success for both the individual and the organization, the timing of leadership and managerial development training should be strategically considered. The training required for an individual to be successful should not focus on skills required for the individual’s current position, but rather on skills required to be successful at the next level position (Kotter, 1990). Often, managerial leadership development draws a distinction between leadership and management. This distinction is necessary for determining the appropriate training for all levels of leaders or managers. According to their tasks, Smith (2007) has drawn out four basic levels of leaders- first line supervisors, middle manager, administrator and executive. First line supervisors and executives are supposed to be most concerned with leadership as compared to middle managers and administrators, who are more focussed on management. At the same time it is pointed out that ‘developmental training’ is different from regular training. While routine training would merely provide skills necessary for the current situation, developmental training seeks to equip leaders with managerial skills that will help the overall organisation and also produce benefits for the future. This is in fact the very premise of managerial leadership development. Effective leadership not only enhances corporate performance, but it fosters employee motivation, job satisfaction, performance, and organizational commitment, while reducing absenteeism and turnover. Current thinking about leadership emphasizes that effective leadership spans a continuum ranging from managerial to transformational leadership.
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