“What about me?” Corina continued. “As a Manager, my job is different. How would discretionary judgment be stated on my job description?”

“Let’s take your job description, identify one of your Key Result Areas and see what we come up with,” I said.

Job Description
Job Title: Plant Manager
This is a Stratum III Position. This role in the organization is to create the systems in the plant, monitor and improve those systems.
Key Result Area – Cap Ex Equipment
Prescribed Duties: By October 1 each year, the Plant Manager will submit to the Management Team an analysis and recommendation for the purchase and retirement of all production equipment whose value (at purchase) is $5,000 or greater for the following calendar year.
Time Span – 15months. This task requires the Plant Manager to look ahead to the following calendar year, to anticipate changes in production systems and work flow or other circumstances that will affect production capacities; to examine the remaining useful life of existing equipment and to explore new technologies which may be useful in the plant. The Plant Manager will use discretionary judgment to analyze production capacities, market demand (from sales) and return on investment on each piece of equipment. The Cap Ex Equipment plan will be reviewed by the Management team for modification and approval by November 30 each year.