1. What are IKEA’s organizational design elements? 2. How does IKEA approach innovation?. 3….

1. What are IKEA’s organizational design elements? 2. How does IKEA approach innovation?. 3. Describe IKEA’s culture. 4. What challenges does IKEA face? In 1943, at age 17, Ingvar Kamprad formed IKEA. Anticipating the rising consumerism amid the rebuilding boom that would follow the war, IKEA moved quickly, providing families with low-cost furniture designs through the convenience of catalogue sales. With the opening of the company’s first showroom in 1953.