ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author explains the mobility aspects of industrial organization — upon the patterned movements of personnel within companies. He aims at developing a frame of reference for the interpretation and understanding of the phenomena of mobility within organizations. The mobility patterns in any organization are, therefore, to a considerable extent influenced by the phenomenon of sponsorship. From the standpoint of the mobile individual — the person ambitious to move ahead and up — the established patterns of movement in an organization present avenues of advancement. Different types of mobility patterns are certain to be found, for it may be predicted that varying types of companies will evolve differing sequences of movements through the management hierarchy. Comparative studies of occupational mobility in different industrial concerns, both simple and complex, are surely in order to add to the author understanding both of organizations and of careers within them.
