Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
DECISIONMAKING
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
LONG-RANGEPLANS
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
MISMANAGER
OPERATIONS
OPTIMIZING
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH
POLICIES
PROBLEMSOLVING
RISK-AVERTING
RULES
SATISFICING
SITUATIONOFRISK
STRATEGICPLANNING
TACTICALPLANNING
TRANSACTION-PROCESS
UNCERTAINTY

Experienced managers are often most proud of the decisions they have made in their planning process on the basis of a hunch or gut instinct, without recognizing the important part played by experience in the development of that instinct that they trust so well. For new managers, decision-making skills often represent the most valuable asset they bring to the role.

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D S A T I S F I C I N G D S S R O M J Z
C E Q Q O N G G S R W R A S X G M A H W
O Z V E R F N I R Q W E T E M N A X C F
N S G I L U I D E S B G A C S I X I A N
T E N N T N T M I E N A P O I K I M O O
I V I T A C R F R I P N R R T A M I R I
N I N U C T E D R C R A O P U M A N P T
G T N I T I V J A I O M C - A N X A P A
E C A T I N A Y B L B S E N T O A P A R
N E L I C A - T N O L I S O I I P P G I
C J P V A L K N A P E M S I O S P R N P
Y B C E L P S I L E M G I T N I R O I S
P O I A P L I A P R S T N C O C O A Z A
L Y G P L A R T L A O C G A F E A C I F
A B E P A N U R A T L Y E S R D C H M O
N T T R N J L E M I V B M N I - H Z I L
S M A O N D E C R O I Y V A S N G C T E
K G R A I T S N O N N P I R K C U N P V
N M T C N V N U F S G J C T G W F B O E
I I S H G S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L
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Answer Key for Planning & Decision Making

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3O # V # # F N # R # # E T E # N A X C #
4N S G I # U I # E S # G A C S I X I A N
5T E N N T N T # I E # A P O I K I M O O
6I V I T A C R # R I P N R R T A M I R I
7N I N U C T E # R C R A O P U M A N P T
8G T N I T I V J A I O M C - A N X A P A
9E C A T I N A Y B L B S E N T O A P A R
10N E L I C A - T N O L I S O I I P P G I
11C J P V A L K N A P E M S I O S P R N P
12Y B C E L P S I L E M G I T N I R O I S
13P O I A P L I A P R S # N C O C O A Z A
14L Y G P L A R T L A O # G A F E A C I F
15A B E P A N U R A T L # # S R D C H M O
16N T T R N # L E M I V # # N I - H # I L
17S M A O N # E C R O I # # A S # G # T E
18# G R A I # S N O N N # # R K # # N P V
19# M T C N # # U F S G # # T # # # # O E
20# # S H G S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  99n
CERTAINTY  817n
CONTINGENCYPLANS  12s
DATAPROCESSING  132s
DECISIONMAKING  1615n
FORMALPLAN  919n
FUNCTINALPLAN  63s
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  44s
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020n
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  2020w
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  172s
MAXIMINAPPROACH  181s
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  219n
MISMANAGER  1211n
OPERATIONS  1010s
OPTIMIZING  1919n
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1919n
POLICIES  1011n
PROBLEMSOLVING  116s
RISK-AVERTING  714n
RULES  714s
SATISFICING  21e
SITUATIONOFRISK  154s
STRATEGICPLANNING  320n
TACTICALPLANNING  55s
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  1419n
UNCERTAINTY  819n