Specialist vs Generalist

  The large enterprise has a various function in the organization including some specialst job like a legal, risk management and so on.

  The company normally outsource these specialist function. However if the outsource cost is higher than the in-house one or this function requires the deep knowledge of the company, They prefer the in-house one.

  The staff who are deployed in this function should have a specialist knowledge and keep updating the latest one to have the same skill as the specialist firm.

  In this case, should the company provide the same compensation as the one which the specialist firm does.?

  The benefit of in-house specialist is 1) to receive the training- specially management training 2) to receive a wider job opportunity including global job rotation and the option to switch the job 3) to receive the opportunity to understand the diversed idea by working with the stakeholders directly 4) to receive more career development care.

  The most important thing is to believe the company's mission and realize this together with co-workers for the benefit of society through the daily job. In other words, it is important for them to feel themselves as active contributors to the business and management like the third stonecutter in the three stonecutters.http://nasser.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2011-08-07-1

  Depend on the categories of specialist jobs, the above benefit might be bigger or smaller. Thus the lesser the benefit is, the more similar amout of compensation as the specialist one should be given.

  It means that the company should hire the specialist who has the above aspiration and is trained or given the opportunity to be so. The key point is how to provide this.

  Maybe the goal of the specialsit in the large enterprise is to be senior specialist postion which can play the crucial role in the company knowing the company's business and having the management skill.  This is a niche area.  However if they realize this, they will receive a high position,a bigger reward and a high level of satisfaction.

 

 

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