specialist or generalist(1)

Mytopic:SpecialistorGeneralistDifferentpeoplehavedifferentviewsonwhetherapersonshouldbeaspecialistorageneralist.Somepeopleprefertheargumentthatpeopleshouldfocusondevelopingskillsinonefield.Otherstendtotheideathatanall-roundtalentmayhaveabrighterfutureinacompetitivesociety.Astome,Iagreewiththeformer.Theso-calledadaptingsocietycompetitionliesinadaptingsocietyneed.Whoismoreadaptivetothesociety,whohasmorecompetitivepower.I believedthatthepeoplewithprofessionalskillsaremoreadaptivetosocietycompetition.Themainreasonisthatapersoncannotspendenoughtimeonseveralfieldsatthesametimebecauseofthelimitofenergy.Ofcourse,itisnecessarythatcollegestudentsshouldwidentheirvision.Forexample,theyshouldlearnsomethingwithoutanydirectconnectiontotheirmajors.Butitisimpossibletorequireacollegestudenttobecomeanall-aroundgeneralistwithinfouryears.Afterall,noteveryonecanbelikeDaVinci.someambitiousstudentswhostretchthemselvestoseveraldifferentareasonlytofindthattheyendupwithlowefficiency[ɪ'fɪʃənsi].Secondly,thedevelopmentofhigh-techneedsspecialists.Forinstance,spaceresearchrequirestalentswhohavestrictandprofoundeducationbackgroundinthisarea.Andwithteamworkandnetworkingbeingacommontrendinorganizationalstructures,specialistsareabletogetaroundtheirlimitationswithouttheneedofgeneralists.Furthermore,enterprisesusuallyofferspecialisthighersalaries.Likesomeonesiadthatit’sbettertoassembleateamofdiversespecialiststhantotrytofindalloftheminthesameperson.Acomponyneedsaccounts,personnelmanagers,purchasingspecialistsandinternationalrelationsmanagers.andwhattheydon’tneedisageneralistwithacollegedegreeandnospecialization.Insummary,Ithinkthatthepeoplewithprofessionalskillsismoreadaptivetothesocietycompetitionandtobeaspecialististherightchoiceformostpeople.