Yes, this is one of the strongest candidates for an answer. Still, I think that organizations do change, sometimes keeping historical forms as an archaism.
I can easily imagine a counterfactual historicla shift where sergeants’ social status rises and lieutenants’ social status falls, to the point that de facto the strong boundary between officers and non-officers disappears.
So, just explaining the two-ladder system as a historical remnant doesn’t quite answer it..
Still, I think that organizations do change, sometimes keeping historical forms as an archaism.
That’s not a “still”, it’s exactly what I meant. After the original ladders take root, it is much harder to reform the whole system than to adapt it to the changing circumstances.
I can easily imagine a counterfactual historicla shift where sergeants’ social status rises and lieutenants’ social status falls, to the point that de facto the strong boundary between officers and non-officers disappears.
I would like to see such ladder inversion examples. While it is true that a new lieutenant has to learn from his or hers sergeant before really talking command, there is still a difference in the social status and education between them.
Yes, this is one of the strongest candidates for an answer. Still, I think that organizations do change, sometimes keeping historical forms as an archaism.
I can easily imagine a counterfactual historicla shift where sergeants’ social status rises and lieutenants’ social status falls, to the point that de facto the strong boundary between officers and non-officers disappears.
So, just explaining the two-ladder system as a historical remnant doesn’t quite answer it..
That’s not a “still”, it’s exactly what I meant. After the original ladders take root, it is much harder to reform the whole system than to adapt it to the changing circumstances.
I would like to see such ladder inversion examples. While it is true that a new lieutenant has to learn from his or hers sergeant before really talking command, there is still a difference in the social status and education between them.