1. Research St. Louis-based Monsanto company, and try to determine its current situation. If you were in charge of Monsanto, what strategic plans/refinements might you make? Put together a SWOT analysis to help reconfirm or adjust your recommendation.
2. Some economists and management scholars argue that statements such as diversity is an economic asset or diversity is a new strategic imperative are improved and perhaps unprovable assertions. Should social responsibility or market forces determine whether an organization strives to create a diverse workforce? Why?