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
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 28 words on this board.

P T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S
M L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S O H T V
A E O N A L P L A N I T C N U F N C R M
X V P N T G D O R O B N C Z G K T A A G
I E T P G R N A L A S L C N D H I O T M
M L I A B - Q I R I E E I T C P N R E T
A O M R C V R R C R C T L A F N G P G B
X F I Y S T I A U I R I O U O N E P I Y
A A Z D T E I D N E F R E I R F N A C O
P S I R R N E C V G P S T S O Z C E P B
P P N S E C I A A P E A I R S E Y V L J
R I G O O G - A A L P O M T R R P I A E
O R A R I K A N T I P A B T A L L T N C
A A P L S T I N C R L L A J H S A I N T
C T P I J M A I A P E I A Y E P N U I I
H I R N I J T R L M N C Q N O C S T N V
D O O X N R V A E T S J N H N F T N G E
P N A Y A L N E Y P Q I O U M I E I Z S
G M C P D E C I S I O N M A K I N G V D
M X H D A T A P R O C E S S I N G G B 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
2M L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S O H T #
3A E O N A L P L A N I T C N U F N C R M
4X V P N # G # O # # B # # # G # T A A G
5I E T # G # N # L A S # # N # H I O T M
6M L I A # - # I R I E E I # C # N R E T
7A O M # C # R R C R C T L A # N G P G B
8X F I Y # T I A U I R I O U O # E P I Y
9A A Z # T E I D N E F R E I R F N A C O
10P S I R R N E C V G P S T S O # C E P B
11P P N S E C I A A P E A I R # E Y V L J
12R I G O O G - A A L P O M T R # P I A E
13O R A R I K A N T I P A B T A # L T N C
14A A P # S T I N C R L L A J # S A I N T
15C T P I # M A I A P E I A # E # N U I I
16H I R # I # T R L M N C # N # C S T N V
17# O O X # R # A E T S # N # N # T N G E
18# N A # A # N # Y P # I # U # I # I # S
19# M C P 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 G # E
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  114sw
CERTAINTY  1710sw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  171s
DATAPROCESSING  520e
DECISIONMAKING  519e
FORMALPLAN  169sw
FUNCTINALPLAN  163w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818n
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22s
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  22e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  12s
MAXIMINAPPROACH  219ne
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  203s
MISMANAGER  1319nw
OPERATIONS  1119nw
OPTIMIZING  33s
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33s
PARTICIPATION  419ne
POLICIES  73se
PROCEDURE  314ne
RISK-AVERTING  316ne
RULES  159nw
SATISFICING  1614nw
STRATEGICPLANNING  191s
TACTICALPLANNING  35se
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  21e
UNCERTAINTY  1418nw