Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
DECISIONMAKING
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
OPERATIONS
OPTIMIZING
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH
POLICIES
PROBLEMSOLVING
PROCEDURE
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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H T S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K S X H
C L R F O R M A L P L A N X K N D E G C
A E O A U N C E R T A I N T Y A E V N A
O V P N N N S E I C I L O P Z L C I I O
R E T D G S C E R U D E C O R P I T N R
P L I A H - A T D U Q D P F L Y S C N P
P O M T C P R C I O T Y Z K M C I E A P
A F I A A T R A T N X Y R U R N O J L A
E A Z P O T I O N I A R N J A E N B P X
V S I R R S S C B G O L A S P G M O C A
I P N O P N K A A L E N P V I N A Y I M
T I G C P O - H T L E O - L E I K B G I
I R A E A I A U B I P M B P A T I T E X
U A P S N T V T N A S L S J R N N M T A
T T P S I A E T M F R F A O E O G G A M
N I R I M R R I Z V F R I N L C C M R E
I O O N I E T U J C G W I C N V T E T C
O N A G X P I Q L K I J P E I I I I S V
C N C Y A O N D A E B G N R R N N N V S
Y S H X M C G J F K S D S S P S G G G E
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Answer Key for Planning & Decision Making

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1H T S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K S # H
2C L R F O R M A L P L A N # # N D E G C
3A E O A U N C E R T A I N T Y A E V N A
4O V P N N N S E I C I L O P # L C I I O
5R E T D G S C E R U D E C O R P I T N R
6P L I A H - A T # # # # # # # Y S C N P
7P O M T C P R C I # # # # # # C I E A P
8A F I A A T R A T N # # # # # N O J L A
9E A Z P O # I O N I A # # # # E N B P X
10V S I R R S S C B G O L # # # G M O C A
11I P N O P N K A A L E N P # # N A Y I M
12T I G C P O - # T L E O - L # I K B G I
13I R A E A I A # B I P M B P A T I T E X
14U A P S N T V # # A S L S J R N N M T A
15T T P S I A E # # # R F A O E O G G A M
16N I R I M R R # # # # R I N L C C M R #
17I O O N I E T U # # # # I C N V T E T #
18# N A G X P I # L # # # # E I I I I S #
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20# # H # M # G # # # S # # # # S G G G E
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  913se
CERTAINTY  73e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1616n
DATAPROCESSING  46s
DECISIONMAKING  172s
FORMALPLAN  42e
FUNCTINALPLAN  42se
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  117n
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22s
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  2015n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  520n
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1816n
OPERATIONS  619n
OPTIMIZING  33s
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33s
POLICIES  144w
PROBLEMSOLVING  67se
PROCEDURE  165w
RISK-AVERTING  78s
RULES  716se
SATISFICING  710se
SITUATIONOFRISK  31e
STRATEGICPLANNING  1918n
TACTICALPLANNING  35se
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  21se
UNCERTAINTY  53e