In the majority of Fortune 500 companies,the head of the human resource department,usually a vice president,answers to the chief executive officer (CEO)of the company.In many companies,the head of the human resource department sits on the board of directors,the planning committee,or both.These trends are indicative of how human resource managers are:
A) expected to become more specialized in their specific area of function.
B) constantly dealing with a shrinking role in most organizations today.
C) required to possess competencies that are far less sophisticated than their predecessors.
D) increasingly involved in their organization's strategic and policy-making activities.

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To meet the challenges of the future, tomorrow's human resource departments must possess different competencies and be much more sophisticated than their predecessors. Given the more sophisticated role human resource departments must fill, it is essential that human resource managers be integrally involved in the organization's strategic and policy-making activities.

In the Majority of Fortune 500 Companies,the Head of the Human