Question: The following statement, from the article "Why we hate HR," relates most closely to which of the main complaints about HR?
"Human resources can readily provide the number of people it hired, the percentage of performance evolutions completed, and the extent to which employees are satisfied or not with their benefits. But only rarely does it link any of those metrics to business performance."
A) HR people aren't the sharpest tacks in the box, and the best and the brightest don't go into HR.
B) HR's concern with legal compliance leads it to adopt standardized and bureaucratic procedures that undermine flexibility.
C) Top executives often don't view HR as strategic partners.
D) HR pursues efficiency in lieu [instead] of value.
E) HR uses up corporate resources that could be put to better use.