Planning & Decision Making

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

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2U E # M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # #
3N # V C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S #
4C # # I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
5T # # # T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
6I # # # # C N O I T A P I C I T R A P S
7N G N I T R E V A - K S I R U L E S # N
8A # # # # # # J # M I S M A N A G E R A
9L # # # # P R O B L E M S O L V I N G L
10P O L I C I E S F O R M A L P L A N S P
11L # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G # # N E
12A S A T I S F I C I N G # # # # # # O G
13N # # # U N C E R T A I N T Y # # # I N
14S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T A
15G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S # A R
16M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H - # # R -
17# G N I K A M N O I S I C E D # G # E G
18M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S # N P N
19# H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
20# # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  713e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  43e
DATAPROCESSING  411e
DECISIONMAKING  1517w
FORMALPLAN  910e
FUNCTINALPLAN  11s
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  44e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  2020n
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  116e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  42e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  118e
MISMANAGER  108e
OPERATIONS  1919n
OPTIMIZING  1919w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1919w
PARTICIPATION  196w
POLICIES  110e
PROBLEMSOLVING  69e
RISK-AVERTING  147w
RULES  147e
SATISFICING  212e
SITUATIONOFRISK  31e
STRATEGICPLANNING  1715w
TACTICALPLANNING  55e
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  1914w
UNCERTAINTY  513e