Does anyone ever want to be known as a compartmentalist?
I agree with you on this point, economics are not the only reason to hire a specialist. I think that the time to hire a specialists, is when you can clearly define the problem you need them to tackle. If you are hiring them for a full time position, you’d best be sure that you have enough of their specialty work to keep them busy.
I like to believe that you are always better off if you can hire a generalist. A generalist isn’t a specialist at everything, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be very good (maybe even specialists) at several things.
Does anyone ever want to be known as a compartmentalist?
I agree with you on this point, economics are not the only reason to hire a specialist. I think that the time to hire a specialists, is when you can clearly define the problem you need them to tackle. If you are hiring them for a full time position, you’d best be sure that you have enough of their specialty work to keep them busy.
I like to believe that you are always better off if you can hire a generalist. A generalist isn’t a specialist at everything, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be very good (maybe even specialists) at several things.
posted by John Dilworth on Monday, Nov 17, 2008