Annotated Bibliography: Employees and personnel within any organization

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Introduction
Employees and personnel within any organization form the bedrock of the organizational success. More often, a lot of emphasis is put on the quality of goods and services provided and the satisfaction of the end user. This is always done at the expense and neglect of employees of the organization. Most organization appears to forget that the employees form an important part as they are the driving force. They are the ones who make it happen. There is a lot of literature that has been written regarding management of personnel in organizations. Though diverse, all this information all boils down to the same point. This is the need to have proper regard for employees of the organization mainly because of the role they play. This discussion is a review of various literatures that have been written regarding the same. The discussion shall engage the thoughts and arguments of different authors regarding the issue of the role and place of employees in organizational success.
Literature Review
In their book Personnel selection in organizations, Bormann and Schmiit (2009) argues that there are a number of issues affecting selection of personnel in organizations. These factors have a direct effect in shaping the direction and practice in organizations. According to the authors of this book, research has played an enormous in helping identify some of the unmet needs when it comes to selection of personnel in organization. The authors note that over time, there have been several gaps which have been left and which have been left unfilled. As a result, this has brought about the need to conduct researches so as to bridge the said gaps.
An article by Capelli & Rogovosky (2009) also agrees with Bormann and Schmitt (2009) arguing that research has been largely fundamental in shaping the practices of personnel selection. In addition, the authors of the article argue that some of the gaps that have previously existed in the field of employment have been due to failure to include all concerned. The authors observe, more often matters of employment are discussed and deliberated upon at the exclusion of employees. They are hardly included. What follows then are decision made in their absence and resolutions made. The proposals are therefore viewed as positions considering that the opinion of employees is sought. Cappelli therefore reinforces the argument by Bromann and Schmitt (2009) that all stakeholders be brought on board. According to the authors, when employees are directly involved in decision making in organizations, they more have positive attitude. This increases performance of employees.
Katz & Khan (2011) concurs with Capelli(2009) arguing that motivation and involvement of employees is key to high output. For employees to perform well in an organization, they ought to feel that they are part and parcel of the organization. In addition, em...