More to this: you want underlings who are obedient to you personally (since you’re their boss), not rigidly obedient. You might want your underlings’ underlings to be rigidly obedient, so that you can better control (and be informed of) things a few layers down, and structural features may favor one of the other of these incentives.
More to this: you want underlings who are obedient to you personally (since you’re their boss), not rigidly obedient. You might want your underlings’ underlings to be rigidly obedient, so that you can better control (and be informed of) things a few layers down, and structural features may favor one of the other of these incentives.