But the natural state for a heirarchy is in an institution, or a military, or a government.
As soon as you make money, your final measure of existence, heirarchy is crippled (to varying degrees) as a concept.
Heirarchy in a business is nearly identical as keeping people 'on a shelf' ready to be deployed onto the storm and stress of work. Businesses heirarchies are flatter, often chaotic and lose rigour and discipline, anytime someone sees financial benefit in bending the rules.
A pure heirachy like something seen on a british navy frigate, or in a religious instution, is a better mental model for the concept. Business needs, flatten out what the ideal concept is capable of producing.
