HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF

IKEA

Group members:

Serial no. Name Id no.

01. Minhazul Alam 1210339
02. MD. Rubel Miah 1320935
03. Saliha Afrin 1321843
04. Mufidul Hasan Asif 1130294
05. Sahabuddin Ahmed 1130286
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IKEA, a swedish’s furniture company which became an international company because of

it’s unique management style. At present they have more than 123000 employees around the
world. It’s now one of the top 20 best employers in the world. It requires a proper
management of IHRM to manage this huge workforce. IKEA has it’s stores in 44 countries at
present. All the low level to top level employees are managed by the IHRM. There are few
things about the management of the company that differentiates it from other companies.
IKEA do not prefer not to work with formal titles within the organization.

IKEA began it’s journey in 1943. They went international in 1974 by opening it’s first
showroom in Germany. At this begining part of internationalization IKEA followed the
ethnocentric apporoach to establish the brand in the foreign market. They are currently using
centralized management where every country manager reports to the regional manager and
regional manager to the board of directors. In case of recruitment the company now using the
geocentric approach. The company just wants to find the best employee for the job regardless
of the country he/she is from.

IKEA has a unique strategy for the expatriates. Recently, the global HR of IKEA established
a new expatriate program called the ‘Backpacker Journey’. This program is divided into two
six-months work periods in two different countries, with task designed by the Line managers
of both countries and Backpacker himself/herself (Henri, 2012). The purpose of this program
is to giva an opportunity to potential talents within IKEA to work abroad and gain
experience. This allows the Backpacker to connect with people of other cultures as well as
facilitate a faster career progression within IKEA (Henri, 2012).