individual mobility

Examples of individual mobility in the following topics:

• Leadership

  • Leadership is the process by which an individual mobilizes people and resources to achieve a goal.
  • Leadership is the process by which an individual mobilizes people and resources to achieve a goal.

• Social Mobility

  • Social mobility is the movement of an individual or group from one social position to another over time.
  • Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social positions over time.
  • Most commonly, social mobility refers to the change in wealth and social status of individuals or families.
  • Social mobility typically refers to vertical mobility, movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socio-economic level to another, often by changing jobs or marriage.
  • In different countries or regions, the extent to which individuals have social mobility depends upon different factors.

• Types of Social Mobility

  • Once the British middle class experienced absolute upward mobility, an individual child became expected to achieve greater status than their parents, even though this was not true in every individual case.
  • Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social position over time.
  • Most commonly, social mobility refers to the change in wealth and social status of individuals or families.
  • Social mobility typically refers to vertical mobility, which is the movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socioeconomic level to another, often by changing jobs or through marriage.
  • In different countries or regions, the extent to which individuals are socially mobile depends upon different factors.

• Defining and Measuring Economic Mobility

  • This concept of economic mobility is often considered in conjunction with 'social mobility', which is the capacity for an individual to change station within a society.
  • Intergenerational:Intergenerational mobility pertains to a person's capacity to alter their station relative to the economic status of their parents or grandparents, essentially the flexibility within a society to allow individuals to grow regardless of their initial station.
  • Contrary to concepts of mobility in America, 42% of individuals in born into the bottom income bracket remain there.
  • This type of mobility is shorter term than intergenerational in regards to the way in which it is confined to the lifetime of that individual specifically.
  • Absolute:Similar to intergenerational mobility, absolute mobility looks at how widespread economic growth improves (or reduces) an individual or a family's income over a generational time frame.

• Social Mobility

  • Social mobility is the extent to which individuals can move between social positions, either in their lifetime or between generations.
  • Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or groups in social position over time.
  • Most commonly, social mobility refers to the change in wealth and social status of individuals or families.
  • Social mobility typically refers to vertical mobility—movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socio-economic level to another, often by changing jobs or marriage.
  • The ability of an individual to become wealthy out of poverty does not necessarily indicate that there is social mobility in his or her society.

• Resource Mobilization Approach

  • The resource-mobilization approach is a theory that seeks to explain the emergence of social movements.
  • Resource-Mobilization Theory emphasizes the importance of resources in social movement development and success.
  • The theory argues that social movements develop when individuals with grievances are able to mobilize sufficient resources to take action.
  • The emphasis on resources explains why some discontented/deprived individuals are able to organize while others are not.
  • Resource mobilization theory also divides social movements according to their position among other social movements.

• Open vs. Closed Stratification Systems

  • Though the extent to which individuals have social mobility in the United States is debated, new members of the elite are evidence that there is some mobility between classes.
  • The difference between these types of class systems are their structural mobility.
  • In a class system that has high structural mobility, it's easy to move around between social classes based on the way the society is structured, regardless of your individual achievements.
  • Individuals can move up or down in the social rankings; this is unlike closed systems, where individuals are set in one social position for life despite their achievements.
  • The United States exhibits an open stratification system, where individuals can move between social statuses based on achievement.

• Social Mobility in the U.S.

  • Strong social and economic mobility is considered part of American Dream, though there is relatively low social mobility in the U.S.
  • Poverty, since those with low income have significantly lower rates of mobility than middle and higher income individuals
  • The limit to women's and minorities' upward mobility is called the glass ceiling.
  • One reason for the persistence of the glass ceiling, even as explicitly discriminatory policies are eliminated, is the small proportion of high status individuals in the social networks of women and ethnic minorities.
  • In the United States, white males have greater social mobility than women and racial/ethnic minorities, whose mobility is limited by the glass ceiling.

• Types of Internet Advertising

  • Types of Internet advertising include banner, semantic, affiliate, social networking, and mobile.
  • Cell phone advertising is the ability for organizations and individuals to advertise their product or service over mobile devices.
  • Mobile advertising is generally carried out via text messages or applications.
  • The obvious benefit of mobile advertising for brands is that mobile devices such as smartphones are usually close to the owner throughout the day.
  • Although advertisements appear on a small mobile interface, mobile advertisers have the ability to deliver personalized, and thus effective, messaging.

• Using Technology to Communicate

  • Business communication often relies on the use of technology to connect and facilitate the flow of information among individuals, groups, and organizations.
  • Some technologies support simultaneous, or real-time, interaction, including among individuals in different locations.
  • Many mobile apps used on tablets and smartphones allow for both real-time and asynchronous communication.
  • Communication mediated by technology can be unidirectional, flowing from a sender to one or more individuals, groups, or organizations.
  • Mobile marketing strategies to advertise products to customers based on their current location