Planning & Decision Making

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

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2# L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
3# # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
4G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S # # #
5R # # # G H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M
6U # # # # - P R O B L E M S O L V I N G
7L S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T
8E # # # # # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G
9S # G N I K A M N O I S I C E D E # F N
10P R O C E D U R E G # # # # # # I R O I
11O P E R A T I O N S E # # # # # C E R C
12M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # I G M I
13Y T N I A T R E C N U # B # # # L A A F
14N A L P L A N I T C N U F J # # O N L S
15# R I S K - A V E R T I N G E # P A P I
16S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C # M L T
17# G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T S A A
18# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I N S
19M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S # M V #
20# L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S # # # E
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  913w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1616w
DATAPROCESSING  88e
DECISIONMAKING  169w
FORMALPLAN  199s
FUNCTINALPLAN  1314w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  220e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  205w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  112e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  119e
MISMANAGER  1819n
OPERATIONS  111e
OPTIMIZING  33e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33e
POLICIES  1715n
PROBLEMSOLVING  76e
PROCEDURE  110e
RISK-AVERTING  215e
RULES  15s
SATISFICING  2018n
SITUATIONOFRISK  191w
STRATEGICPLANNING  174w
TACTICALPLANNING  1717w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  207w
UNCERTAINTY  1113w