Specialists or Generalists?

Recently, there has been a fair amount of press about the increasing drive for specialization in technology hiring. This push to compartmentalize capabilities can be attributed to leaner staffing without a comparable decrease in the number of "urgent" projects. Furthermore, organizations have been doing this for so long now that it\´s becoming standard practice. Where are the positions for "generalists" who can perform multiple functions? Are the "utility players" in organizations being hired into management and then driven down into tactical projects? There\´s an inherent risk to the business if IT turns into a "tool shop" for the enterprise. Yet there\´s little indication that CIOs are concerned about or even aware of this situation.