At the level of the firm these become lost. Senior managers may be too removed from the mass of employees. Employees become head count. Some of the know-how is general and a good general manager can develop these abilities. The sourcing, placement, support and adaptation of employees at work is interpersonally and administratively demanding.
Employees join a firm, they leave a firm.
Some may be dismissed. Some may be made redundancy as the jobs for which they are employed have ceased to exist in whole or in part. The costs of employing are major elements in a business's expenditure. Personnel systems bring predictability, reliability and control. As a member of management, the personnel specialist has a difficult balance to keep.