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HUMAN RESOURCES
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| Should employers cultivate the required skills or buy them? |
| Ardon Schambers
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| Published: October 3, 2011 |
You may have read or heard about the statement made by Facebook developer Mark Zuckerburg that he would rather have one brilliant programmer than a thousand good ones. Associated with the strategy was his action to buy a small software organization for an incredible price, just to capture a few “outstanding” programmers. This maneuver sparked some media discussion about what happens in an organization when you have a superstar or two who get all the fame — and usually a huge salary or bonus arrangement — and whether this is really the way to build a successful company. |
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