Hierarchy e kaya peakanyo le moetaledipele [leader] yo o etelelang pele maloko mangwe a okanaiseišene. Peakanyo e go le gontsi e goloanngwa le gore go na le kgotsa go akangwa go na le phiramiti tse di lekaneng, fa go sena mafika a a lekaneng go ka emisa tse di kwa godimo, gravity e ka usetsa moago o mogolo o tlase moo o ka seemisiweng gape. Ka jalo o ka akanya gore fa moeteledipele a sa na ketleetso/tshegetso ya bathusi ba ba ka fa tlase ga gagwe, popelo yotlhe-yotlhe e ka phutlhama. Hierarchies di kile tsa satirized mo The Peter Principle (1969), buka e e tlhagisitseng hierarchiology le sekai se se reng ""in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.