Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
DECISIONMAKING
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
LONG-RANGEPLANS
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
OPERATIONS
OPTIMIZING
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH
PARTICIPATION
POLICIES
PROCEDURE
RISK-AVERTING
RULES
SATISFICING
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.

Try to find all 27 words on this board.

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

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1# T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S
2# L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S O H T H
3S E O P E R A T I O N S # O # # N C R C
4E V P N # S # P # # # # I # G # T A A A
5V E T # G # A # R # # T # N # H I O T O
6I L I A # - # T # O A # I # C # N R E R
7T O M # C # R # I P C T # A # Y G P G P
8C F I # # T # A I S R E O # T # E P I P
9E A Z # N # I C N E F R D N # # N A C A
10J S I S # A I C V G P I I U S # C E P X
11B P N # R T L A A P E A C E R # Y V L A
12O I G # R E - P A L T O I I # E P I A M
13Y R A A S K I N L R P C B # N # L T N I
14B A P # S E I R E A I L # J # G A I N X
15T T P I # M L C R L M # A # E # N U I A
16M I R # I # N U O A # R # N # C S T N M
17G O O X # U # P R # B # O # N # T N G #
18M N A L P L A N I T C N U F # I # I # #
19# M C # D E C I S I O N M A K I N G V #
20# # H # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G # E
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1117nw
CERTAINTY  815ne
CONTINGENCYPLANS  171s
DATAPROCESSING  620e
DECISIONMAKING  519e
FORMALPLAN  1418nw
FUNCTINALPLAN  1418w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818n
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22s
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  22e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  2016n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  219ne
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  118n
OPERATIONS  33e
OPTIMIZING  33s
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33s
PARTICIPATION  314ne
POLICIES  817ne
PROCEDURE  84se
RISK-AVERTING  316ne
RULES  917nw
SATISFICING  64se
STRATEGICPLANNING  191s
TACTICALPLANNING  35se
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  21e
UNCERTAINTY  617ne