Planning & Decision Making

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

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1# # C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S # #
2# # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
3# H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
4G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S N # N
5M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H I G # # G
6D A T A P R O C E S S I N G T - # # # -
7N A L P L A N I T C N U F U R # # # # R
8S Y T N I A T R E C N U A A # U # # # A
9A F O R M A L P L A N T N # # # L # # N
10T E R U D E C O R P I G # # # # # E # G
11I S E I C I L O P O E B A R R I E R S E
12S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T P
13F # # # # P R O B L E M S O L V I N G L
14I # # # # # F J S N O I T A R E P O # A
15C # # # # R E P A R T I C I P A T I O N
16I # # # I C R I S K - A V E R T I N G S
17N # # S T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
18G # K I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
19S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M # # # #
20# E # # # M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H
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BARRIERS  1211e
CERTAINTY  108w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  31e
DATAPROCESSING  26e
FORMALPLAN  29e
FUNCTINALPLAN  137w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  418e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  202w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111sw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  202s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  15e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  620e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1619w
OPERATIONS  1814w
OPTIMIZING  193w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  193w
PARTICIPATION  815e
POLICIES  911w
PROBLEMSOLVING  613e
PROCEDURE  1010w
RISK-AVERTING  716e
RULES  157se
SATISFICING  18s
SITUATIONOFRISK  174sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  174w
TACTICALPLANNING  517e
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  1912w
UNCERTAINTY  128w