Essays on American Apparel

Introduction . 2

Analysis .. 3 1) Structural Characteristics . 4 2) American Apparel mission statement 5 3) Organizational Structure .. 6 4) Porter’s Competitive Strategy . 7 5) The External Environment 8 6) Stages in the lifecycle, size, and control system .. 9

Recommendations and implementation plans 11

References . 12

1.Executive summary The issue that the American Apparel’s organization is facing is that they have a very unique strategy to run the business more effectively than its competitors; unfortunately, this strategy did not meet the external environment needs. Therefore, they had to lay off hundreds of workers and retooling its production process in ...

Description of the American Apparel’s Corporation

American Apparel is a leading basics brand for young adults and people of all ages, with both wholesale and retail divisions globally. The company was founded in 1989 by Dov Charney, a Canadian man with an interest in vintage American clothing and is known for cutting-edge advertising and product branding. Its operations adage “made in downtown LA” has contributed to significant brand awareness and a cult status worldwide. It is the largest sewing facility in North American with 5000 to 10000 employees. For American Apparel, many factors of the external environment pose a threat to the company, however, with ...

Formalization

American Apparel Company and the subsidiaries are engaged to the highest business standard in their relationship with one another, and the consumers, stakeholders, coworkers, suppliers, and employees. This intends that the company conducts their business according to all the applicable regulations as well as the laws and according to the highest standards of conducting business (Bair & Gereffi, 2003). The organization's business code of conduct assists them through ensuring statements of principles as well as key policies and procedures that ensure governing the conduct of their business. Apart from the ethical guidelines that accompany the codes of conducting business, there ...