Planning & Decision Making

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

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

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2C R H G N I K A M N O I S I C E D G # E
3A A C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S V #
4O N A L P L A N I T C N U F T I I I S L
5R S O P E R A T I O N S O A N T T N E E
6P A R # E R U D E C O R P N U C A T V V
7P C P O L I C I E S M R A A E G C U I E
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9X I A # # # # # L C P I B C A I I T C O
10A O G # # # # P E C O O E S R T C I E F
11M N N # # # L S I N E R R U T R A V J A
12I - I # # A S G O G T E L # I E L E B S
13X P Z # N I E F N A I E # # C V P A O P
14A R I # N T R A I R S # # # I A L P Y I
15M O M G A I R N R # # # # # P - A P B R
16# C I R S - T A # # # # # # A K N R T A
17# E T K G Y B # # # # # # # T S N O M T
18# S P N R E G A N A M S I M I I I A G I
19# S O G N I C I F S I T A S O R N C M O
20# L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S G H # N
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  717ne
CERTAINTY  149sw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  33e
DATAPROCESSING  163sw
DECISIONMAKING  172w
FORMALPLAN  144sw
FUNCTINALPLAN  144w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  184s
LEVELOFASPIRATION  204s
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  220e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  115n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  191w
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1919n
MISMANAGER  1418w
OPERATIONS  35e
OPTIMIZING  319n
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319n
PARTICIPATION  158s
POLICIES  37e
PROCEDURE  136w
RISK-AVERTING  1619n
RULES  1510sw
SATISFICING  1419w
SITUATIONOFRISK  183sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  218ne
TACTICALPLANNING  175s
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  21s