You can look at it as the process of becoming director is itself approval for those kind of discetionary choices. When an organization works well, it entrusts p

You can look at it as the process of becoming director is itself approval for those kind of discetionary choices. When an organization works well, it entrusts power to those who have the judgement to use it well. If someone needs to get ten different kinds of approvals, are they really a "director" for most meaningful senses of the word?