Can there possibly be two officers of the same rank serving on the same vessel? And if so who is in charge? (I.e two lieutenant junior grade officers on the same ship)
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It’s the same sort of thing in private business. A company might have 5 departments, and the CEO could then have 5 people reporting to him – each of which is titled Department Manager.
None of these Managers are above the other – but that doesn’t matter, as they all report to the CEO, who resolves work delegation and political problems.
The best example of this is the shop floor worker. Which do they not have conflicts with other shop floor workers. They are managed by Team Managers, who also don’t have problems managing each other because they are managed by dept managers.
Just replace those titles with whatever hierarchical system you are looking at in any military. That’s the formal power structure.
Of course, lots of people look for promotions and that can cause conflict and same-titled people trying to gain power and control over these people. But that’s the informal power structure.
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