Reading comprehension—best supported inference (shift from manufacturing to services): The passage notes a structural shift of the economy toward services and highlights that managers in the growing service sector will have to work more with people than with assembly-line objects; what conclusion about future managerial capability is best supported?

Given data

• The economy is shifting from manufacturing to services.
• Service-sector managers will work more with people than with assembly-line objects.

Concept / ApproachAbstract the competency implication: If the job increasingly centres on people, people-centric (interpersonal) skills become more critical.

Step-by-step reasoningStep 1: Service orientation implies customer interaction, coordination, and relationship management.Step 2: Therefore, interpersonal and communication skills gain relative importance.Step 3: Option C states this directly. Options A, D, and E introduce claims not made; option B is irrelevant to the inference.

Verification / AlternativeThe premise itself contrasts people vs. objects, pointing to interpersonal skills as the key shift.

Common pitfalls

• General platitudes (balanced mind) or sweeping claims about service firms never dealing with objects.

Final Answerinterpersonal skills will become more important in the future work place.