Who needs debate more, the generalist or the expert?

A generalist is more open than a professional. New University VS Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Argument: Are professionals more acceptable than generalists? This is a discussion about the nature comparison of talents. Eating well means welcome in Chinese dictionary, which means welcome. Therefore, today we are going to discuss two kinds of talent development strategies. Professionals or generalists, which can help us get more and better opportunities to gain a place in society? First of all, let me define professionals and generalists. We believe that knowledge and skills in any field will be divided into three levels because of their difficulty: primary, intermediate and advanced. If a person has a basic education and often contacts with the media, then he must have basic knowledge in various fields, but this knowledge cannot help him become a generalist or a specialist. For example, I know that the earth is round, and I know that the land where I stand is Singapore, but I still lag far behind those generalists who know astronomy and geography. Compared with those scientists or geographers, it is even worse. The difference between an expert and a generalist lies in intermediate and advanced knowledge. We believe that a professional is a social division of labor project, and he has advanced knowledge and skills. A generalist has intermediate knowledge and skills in many projects. Generalists and experts We can also say that experts develop in depth, while generalists develop in breadth. A professional uses his limited knowledge and energy to reach the advanced level of a kung fu. But the generalist always distributes his energy to different fields, hoping to reach the intermediate level in all kinds of kung fu. The comparison between the two sides should first put aside two kinds of people. The first kind of people are mediocre people, who can't figure it out, can't think and can't be specialized. The other person is a genius who can reach the advanced level in many fields. This is not the focus of our discussion. Why are professionals more competitive than generalists? You know, now is a highly specialized society. There is specialization in the industry, and there is specialization in the industry. In ancient times, a teacher could teach all subjects, but now only primary school teachers can do so. In the past, all the subjects were the same, but now the subjects in each institute are different. Because attractive work projects are often too few, many radishes grab a hole. Therefore, whoever has the best ability and the most professional is more likely to stand out and get the job. So we have to tell the audience at the scene and in front of the TV that we should work hard to make a subject advanced while we are still young! Because this is a society where professionals are more popular than generalists. Thank you.

In fact, generalists and professionals have long been old topics. Whether he is a generalist or a specialist, he is a talent needed by society, but what's the difference? That is, professionals can do more in a particular field. Have deeper knowledge and skills, while generalists have deeper knowledge and skills in more than two fields. We say that the core competitiveness of a generalist comes from his mastery of key points in various fields, his integration ability and certain humanities and social science literacy. Remind everyone that a generalist is by no means a simple superposition of several skills. The so-called panacea is not a generalist, and eating well does not mean eating. He should mean having a high social status and respected achievements. Therefore, comparing who can eat better depends on who can get more social recognition and who has more room for development. First, due to the development of the tertiary industry. The society urgently needs a large number of generalists with humanistic quality, social experience and multi-field knowledge. According to the latest professional statistics in China and the United States, econometrics, marketing planning, public relations management, logistics practitioners and other occupations that need generalists are the most popular, and with the accession of Greater China to the WTO, the trend of globalization has intensified. There is an urgent need for international business generalists who are familiar with the cultures of various industries and regions and know how to coordinate and integrate. Secondly, in today's industry, middle and high-level positions are increasingly in need of generalists. These positions need to coordinate management and planning, so they must be familiar with the knowledge of various fields related to the business. Although professionals can get good treatment in enterprises, if they want to go up a storey still higher, they must make overall management and planning. For example, the project leader of software development should not only master the technical details, but also have knowledge of human resource management, resource allocation and system engineering. Finally, under the development trend of social science and technology, interdisciplinary integration is the breakthrough point of innovation. Of the 334 Nobel Prize achievements, half were achieved through interdisciplinary integration. For example, the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA molecules is the result of the intersection of physics, chemistry and biology. To achieve this breakthrough, we need a generalist who is proficient in many disciplines. To sum up, generalists are more suitable for the trend of social change and development than professionals, so generalists are more suitable for development than professionals, thank you.

Argument and Refutation: Hello everyone present. Another debater told us today that eating well means social competition.

Let's look at the competition in society. Let's take this studio for example. For example, the audience sitting in the back row can look back. There is a square position in the middle, called the sound control room. Last night, we asked the voice control brother who was on duty last night. He told us that he/kloc-started his career at the age of 0/9, and now he is 53 years old. He can only control six tones at first, but you can have a look if you are interested. There are hundreds of buttons on the voice control panel for him to control. Every time he learns one more sound, he must master the sound and rhythm more delicately. Is it difficult? Difficult. What is this? It's a major So eldest brother told us that although he can work independently after studying for five years, why not spend time doing lighting? Because he said something to me, he said that his experience was much worse and his major was much worse. Let's take a look at the big brother who drives the long-arm photographer. I believe everyone is impressed by him. We asked him again yesterday. He told us that it is also a camera, but the operation skills of this long-arm camera and this flat-push camera are very different. Brother photographer is very confident in his ability. Why? Because this is also a major. So if we ask this big brother, are you willing to spend half of your time operating photography, learning from our host, and learning manners and manners from our chairman, so as to enhance your competitiveness? I believe his answer is no, why? Because our chairman presides over a major that ordinary people can't catch up with in half the time and energy. Why? Because our chairman is from the Department of Art Hosting and Broadcasting of Beijing Broadcasting Institute, our sister school of Shixin University. She is one of the professionals. So don't underestimate this society. Everything in this small studio is a subtle professional division of labor. Finally, the other debater said that in this society, we need the ability to integrate many things, such as economic and trade talents, talents who need coordination, and talents who know a lot about coordination and overall planning. Ok, let's go back to this studio. Let's take a look at this pilot. The pilot also has the ability to coordinate and integrate, but does he know anything about photography, lighting, hosting and voice control? Actually, no, he has his professional ability. The ability of overall coordination and overall planning is a professional ability in itself. So in Taiwan Province Province, all seven EMBA CEOs say so. What did they learn in EMBA? As a professional CEO, what you learn is the ability of management professionals. This is another kind of professional ability, which is extremely professional, so we don't think it is a generalist. As we said, an expert has advanced knowledge in a certain field, while a generalist is lucky to have intermediate knowledge in many fields, although he can't master advanced knowledge in a certain field.

Counterargument: I heard a very interesting word from the other side's second argument, called management expert. That is, the other debater said that the seven EMBA in Taiwan Province Province cultivate the ability of management professionals. However, we have also investigated, and the principals of seven EMBAs have clearly stated that EMBAs cultivate generalists. How do other debaters explain it? Another debater talked about our chairman. I remember the chairman said that it was really tiring to be chairman, because I had been listening to what the director told me, and I should pay attention to the dialogue between the students on both sides. I want to look at the time card, the camera and the mood of the audience. I have to mix so many things alone. Therefore, it is obvious that the chairman needs all kinds of knowledge and skills. Another debater can't say that the chairman is sitting in this position. She has a good reputation, so he is an expert of the chairman. We need to see whether a person is an expert or a generalist. Obviously, we need to know what kind of knowledge structure he has. As we all know, everyone has his own major. But each major has different requirements for everyone. Some majors require you to be an expert. For example, I am a computer major. Maybe you really need to be an expert for computers. But for a secretary, people like management need you to have many abilities. Your overall planning, your paperwork, that is not the level of ordinary people, he has to reach a very high level. So according to another debater, no one is a generalist today. There is a very simple example. We all know Mr. Zhang Chaoyang. He is the CEO of Sohu. When he came back from Stanford, many people had more advanced knowledge or more patents than him. Why only Sohu succeeded, and others were unknown? We also know that Mr. Ma, the founder of QQ, had people who were more advanced than him when he founded QQ, but Mr. Ma was successful because of his excellent management ability and his sense of market! Let's look at Mr. Ma Yun of Alibaba, who graduated from English. He also taught English in middle school, so why was he so successful? Why, according to the debater's point of view, they are not so knowledgeable in a certain field, but they are very popular people, is it just because they are handsome? Oh, no, so what we want to tell other debaters is that you think too simply about the whole society, thinking that as long as one keeps being an expert, an expert and an expert, one will surely succeed. However, we must know that society is very complicated, and the requirements of society for every industry and everyone are diversified. Thank you all.

Examples and analogies in argumentation and refutation

1 In ancient times, a teacher could teach all subjects, but now only primary school teachers can do this. In the past, all the subjects were the same, but now the subjects in each institute are different. Because attractive work projects are often too few, many radishes grab a hole. Therefore, whoever has the best ability and the most professional is more likely to stand out and get the job.

The latest professional statistics in China and the United States show that the professions that need generalists, such as econometricians, marketing planning, public relations management, and logistics practitioners, are the most popular, and with the accession of Greater China to the WTO, the trend of globalization has intensified. There is an urgent need for international business generalists who are familiar with the cultures of various industries and regions and know how to coordinate and integrate.

For example, the project leader of software development should not only master the technical details, but also have knowledge of human resource management, resource allocation and system engineering.

Of the 334 Nobel Prize achievements, half were achieved through interdisciplinary integration. For example, the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA molecules is the result of the intersection of physics, chemistry and biology. To achieve this breakthrough, we need a generalist who is proficient in many disciplines.

Last night we asked our eldest brother who was on duty last night. He told us that he started his career at the age of 19 and is now 53 years old. He can only control six tones at first, but you can have a look if you are interested. There are hundreds of buttons on the voice control panel for him to control. Every time he learns one more sound, his mastery of sound and rhythm will be more delicate.

The director also has the ability to coordinate and integrate, but does he know anything about photography, lighting, hosting and voice control? Actually, no, he has his professional ability. The ability of overall coordination and overall planning is a professional ability in itself.

I remember the chairman said that it was really tiring to be chairman, because I had been listening to what the director told me, and I should pay attention to the dialogue between the students on both sides. I want to look at the time card, the camera and the mood of the audience. I have to mix so many things alone. Therefore, it is obvious that the chairman needs all kinds of knowledge and skills.

But for a secretary, people like management need you to have all kinds of abilities. Your overall planning, your paperwork, that is not the level of ordinary people, he has to reach a very high level.

Mr. Zhang Chaoyang, he is the CEO of Sohu. When he came back from Stanford, there were many people with him. They had more advanced knowledge or more patents than him. Why only Sohu succeeded, and others were unknown?

Mr. Ma, the founder of 10 QQ, had people with more advanced technology when he founded QQ, but Mr. Ma was successful because of his excellent management ability and his sense of market!

1 1 Let's take a look at Mr. Ma Yun from Alibaba, who graduated from English. He also taught English in middle school, so why was he so successful?

Cross-examination link, free debate link

Founder 1 Donald Tsang We are now in the era of knowledge economy, and the society needs professionals. "

Michael Jordan can play both basketball and baseball. Is it because he plays basketball well or both?

3 China News Service News The mainland's standards for talents are turning to professionals.

You can't say that a physicist is a generalist just because he knows math, so which physicist can't do math?

Why can't Mu Rongfu, who knows everything, beat Qiao Feng, who only knows a set of tricks? 6 Businessweek Most laid-off workers in Japan are generalists.

A professor from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has investigated that when the film industry is in recession, single-minded actors are conducive to survival.

Counterparty 1 Yu Yingshi, Taiwan Province: People trained by professional education know very little about many things.

A lot.

Malaysia's prime minister used to be a doctor and later became a national leader. Is he a generalist or an expert?

Zhang Xingang, president of City University of Hong Kong, is a typical bioengineer, but he has a soft spot for humanities and runs a city salon. Is he a generalist or an expert?

Mr. Wu Dayou said, "It is easy to train students into machines that can't think. In Hong Kong, the salary of an IT talent who is proficient in computer and financial knowledge is three times higher than that of a simple computer expert and financial talent.

Environmental engineers are very popular in professional surveys all over the world. He needs to take into account three major knowledge: engineering management, environmental science and cost control.

The financial resources talents that investment banks are scrambling to grab are proficient in computer, network and financial trade knowledge. Is this an expert or a generalist?

8 Hot Industries-There are more than 7,000 registered management consultants in Beijing. He asked you to be an EMBA, with professional knowledge, management knowledge and foreign language proficiency. Is it a specialist or a generalist?

9 FLASH customers-skilled use of FLASH software is required, and at the same time, they must have the ability of directing literary photography. Is it a specialist or a generalist?

10 Japan proposed in the 1970 s to cultivate a generalist who can not only speak foreign languages, but also trade and business. 1 1 Zhang Yimou worked as a screenwriter and director of movies, but didn't he become famous in the end?

Analogy example in summary stage

1 is like the opponent's debater. Although the opponent's debater is majoring in oral communication, we are in a *** 12 school today. Are they all oral communication majors? According to the logic of other debaters, as long as we stand on this podium today, we are generalists, but only the other four debaters are professionals, right?

We know that when an expert breaks through, he will encounter great resistance. It's hard to break through. This is the time when we need to find another way. From other places and other disciplines, we can get the inspiration to break through this obstacle and the stimulation to break through this bottleneck.

Why do we often see two completely different answers to the same question? Why in our society, many problems are discussed, but not so many problems are solved. Why does an environmentalist and an economist have such a heated argument when there is a conflict between economic development and environmental protection? Why did an ethicist and a biologist have such a heated discussion when human cloning appeared?

A person of 19 years old didn't learn voice control until he was 53 years old. Let's ask him if you are the best. He smiled and shook his head. He dare not say that it is the best. In fact, people who go deep into a field will feel this way. Life is too short and the field is too deep. It's too late for me to spend all my energy on this, and we can't divert our attention.

Tell me why economists argue with environmentalists and why ethicists argue with scientists. Isn't that great? If I were a generalist today, I would know a little, part economics, part environmental protection, part ethics and part science. Is my argument valuable like this? Concluding remarks

Four opposing arguments: Let's review today's heated debate. First, define. Another debater's definition of generalist and expert is very vague, which seems to give us a concept. That is, as long as everyone sees a special word today, then this person is a professional. It's like saying that experts, professionals and even professionals, as long as they have special words, become professionals. But what is our society like? We have many majors. For example, the management industry we cited is a typical example. This industry itself requires us to have different abilities and integrate different knowledge structures. For such a major with special requirements for communication, the other debater becomes a professional because there is a special word in front. So, can you tell me where the generalist is?

Where is it? Just like Miss Chairman, the other party likes to talk to us about Miss Chairman. As a media person, Madam President wants to know about astronomy and geography. She has a lot to know. For an industry like the media, it should be obvious to everyone that they are generalists. But another debater told us that because she is now sitting in the chair, she became an expert. Just like another debater, although another debater is majoring in oral communication, we are here in a *** 12 school today. Are they all oral communication majors? According to the logic of other debaters, as long as we stand on this podium today, we are generalists, but only the other four debaters are professionals, right? Obviously can't get everyone's approval. Secondly, the second point is that the other party is willing to talk to us about so-called senior talents. They think that if they want to be senior talents, they must be professionals. We find it strange. We know that when an expert breaks through, he will encounter great resistance. It's hard to break through. This is the time when we need to find another way. From other places and other disciplines, we can get the inspiration to break through this obstacle and the stimulation to break through this bottleneck. We know that many disciplines are merged after reaching a very high level. What we learn from other fields happens to be the innovation in our discipline. Therefore, not all the people who step onto the advanced stage are professionals. To a great extent, Einstein and others are what we call generalists. But other debaters say they are geniuses. In fact, we are not here today to advocate our generalists, let alone to belittle each other's expertise. Both generalists and professionals are important to this society. The cooperation between generalists and professionals has created our colorful society today. However, we can see that with the development of our society, our society has become more and more complex, which really requires us to understand more and more. Why do we often see two completely different answers to the same question? Why in our society, many problems are discussed, but not so many problems are solved. Why does an environmentalist and an economist have such a heated argument when there is a conflict between economic development and environmental protection? Why did an ethicist and a biologist have such a heated discussion when human cloning appeared? Do we really need a broader perspective, broader knowledge, and the same view of society?

Three Debates Against (Huang Zhizhong) Hello everyone. I'll go home first and argue with each other about the last few reasons. Why do economists argue with environmentalists, and why do ethicists argue with scientists? Isn't that great? If I were a generalist today, I would know a little, part economics, part environmental protection, part ethics and part science. Is my argument valuable like this? In fact, we are professional because the society is becoming more and more complicated. So, in the past, one person could be in charge of a job, but now one person can't. Look at this studio. One person can't be responsible, so we have to divide the work, and everyone is responsible for one link, because people are very poor. Our time, talent and energy are so limited. Therefore, when we configure our capabilities, we must make a choice, and that is where to go. I will choose to resist the temptation, give up a lot of other knowledge, and climb its peak in a certain field. Or choose in each field, I will get intermediate knowledge first. We have to make a choice. There is one kind of person who is lucky. They don't have to make such choices. A genius like Einstein mentioned by another debater. Their ability is much higher than ours. We ordinary people may not be able to do a field of expertise all our lives, and many of them will never get a doctorate. But for these people, he can be an outstanding musician, an outstanding physicist or an outstanding doctor. He had no choice. But this kind of person is beyond the scope of our discussion today. Because if there is any value in our debate today, it is that all of you here are faced with the choice of going to a specialist or a generalist in your life choice, and we have to tell him where to go. You also admit that the social division of labor is becoming more and more specialized, and it is very, very difficult to do a good job. A person of 19 years old didn't learn voice control until he was 53 years old. Let's ask him if you are the best. He smiled and shook his head. He dare not say that it is the best. In fact, people who go deep into a field will feel this way. Life is too short and the field is too deep. It's too late for me to spend all my energy on this, and we can't divert our attention. You also said that some people made the wrong choice at first, and then they wanted to change careers. Is it possible? Of course. But this kind of person, we should remind him that if you want to change your major this time, you must concentrate on the field you choose in the future. Don't be distracted. Don't look away. Thank you all.