Question
Four alternative summaries are given the text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text. Gone are the days when the role of the personnel manager was likened to that of an animal tamer, cracking his whip to make it perform a set of stunts and tricks. Corporate czars now realize the importance of harnessing and strengthening one of the most important industry resources, mainly people power. This is where the human resource manager steps in to orchestrate an entire gamut of related functions. Today, the role has taken on the mantle of a mentor and the profession has grown to be aptly called Human Resource Development.A) Higher ups in the corporate world have realized that people power is one of the most important industry resources and have started appointing a human resource manager, whose role is similar to that of an animal tamer, in order to harness and strengthen this resource.B) There is an increased awareness among the corporate czars about the role played by a human resource manager in harnessing people power. In order to groom and nurture people the human resource manager should act like an animal tamer and crack his whip in order to ensure better performance. C) In the past, people qualified to train animals seemed to be an ideal choice to harness and strengthen people power, which is the most important industry resource. Because only animal tamers can crack a whip and perform stunts and tricks in order to ensure optimum performance.D) Human Resource Management has undergone a sea change and the human resource manager is now a mentor who can harness and strengthen people power, which is the most important industry resource, unlike in the past when he was like a trainer.