Case Study: Kathmandu

Kathmandu aims to have a balanced global cotton production for the betterment of environment, industry and the workers by producing better cotton as sustainable commodity. This is reason it adopted organic farming which does not use fertilisers and has been certified by Fairtrade. So, to this case Systems thinking and mental models were used to tackle this issue.
Work hours are one of the issues for Kathmandu. It is quite common in China to surpass the standard working hours with neighbourhood government 's underwriting. Kathmandu has an inconvenience of ensuring that their audits keep up work laws as these tend to change. To offer Kathmandu some help with checking the working condition they propose to liaise with a union or neighbourhood

The Company has adopted this plan to keep things transparent and smooth functioning of the business. But the plan is still not that successful to a large extent.

KEEPING UP THE BRAND NAME
Kathmandu aims to provide the quality items to its customers. The reason for audits is to maintain that wish and before the products reaches its customers; the auditors would verify at the early stage and keep checks on any wrong activity.
The company has been conducting audits but the future of these quality audits would have been given more preference and in other arenas too. Continuous improvements made by the management even after corrective action plan is a noticeable thing which has really upheld Kathmandu’s name in international market as well.
The various kinds of programmes initiated by Kathmandu are an exemplary thing in itself. The programmes like LuminAID to help earthquake survivors, Fair labor association to enhance compliance program, quality assurance program to ensure the products meet customer expectations, packaging environmental guidelines to minimise the waste from their products.

Elements which are missing from

It is about differentiating internal practices and shapes and an external standard which happens to be its opponent. This is a fair learning gadget as which range Kathmandu needs to better similarly as practices and strategies concerning the nearest contenders. The chiefs will have the ability to assess what ought to be done based the benchmarking activity.
It would be recommendable for Kathmandu to adopt other measures if they boast to tolerate child labor. They should make certain programs related to this issue as well to ensure that no supplier violates this rule. The minimum age limit in the workforce is 18 years whereas people under 15 years were found working in suppliers factories. Later they were made to pay for their actions. To resolve these kinds of issues, Kathmandu must adopt and follow the learning organisation’s five principles.
Corporate responsibility of Kathmandu would be to understand all the aspects of learning organisation and apply it to into their own. Its undoubtedly good brand in NZ, Australia and UK market but it has to work more to produce new products to mark their presence for long in near future. It should set an example for other business as a