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

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1# # # M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # S
2# # G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S E
3# H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M I E V #
4L P R O B L E M S O L V I N G N C I S G
5O # Y P Y # # # # # # # A M T O T I N D
6N # T E T # # # # # # L T U R C T I A E
7G N N R N # # # # # P B I P E U N T L C
8- A I A I # # # # L Y T - J A N A R P I
9R L A T A # # # A O I N B T A P E R Y S
10A P T I T # # N B V O O I L R G O P C I
11N L R O R # I J E I E O P O A C # O N O
12G A E N E T E A T G N L C N E # # L E N
13E M C S C C P C N O A E A D # # # I G M
14P R N N T P A A F C S M U # # # # C N A
15L O U I R S R R I S S R U L E S # I I K
16A F V O N - I T I I E # # # # # # E T I
17N E A A G S C N M B A R R I E R S S N N
18S C R N K A G G N I C I F S I T A S O G
19H T O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20# L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1017e
CERTAINTY  513n
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1919n
DATAPROCESSING  196sw
DECISIONMAKING  205s
FORMALPLAN  216n
FUNCTINALPLAN  216ne
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  173sw
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  14s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  163w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  41e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  163sw
MISMANAGER  917ne
OPERATIONS  44s
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
POLICIES  1810s
PROBLEMSOLVING  24e
PROCEDURE  198sw
RULES  1215e
SATISFICING  1818w
SITUATIONOFRISK  194sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  192w
TACTICALPLANNING  519ne
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  219ne
UNCERTAINTY  315n