Planning & Decision Making

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

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1G # # # # # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G
2N L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
3I # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
4N # # N S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L C
5N N # # G N A L P L A N I T C N U F # A
6A A # # # - # # G N I C I F S I T A S O
7L L S E L U R I S K - A V E R T I N G R
8P P # S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K # P
9L L M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # # P
10A A M I S M A N A G E R U D E C O R P A
11C M # S N O I T A R E P O L I C I E S X
12I R # # # D E C I S I O N M A K I N G A
13T O G N I V L O S M E L B O R P # # # M
14C F U N C E R T A I N T Y J # # # # # I
15A P A R T I C I P A T I O N E # # # # X
16T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S A
17S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C T # # M
18# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I # #
19# G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S V #
20# # # M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S E
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  514e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1617w
DATAPROCESSING  81e
DECISIONMAKING  612e
FORMALPLAN  214n
FUNCTINALPLAN  185w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  194w
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  2017n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  39e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  420e
MISMANAGER  310e
OPERATIONS  1311w
OPTIMIZING  33e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33e
PARTICIPATION  215e
POLICIES  1211e
PROBLEMSOLVING  1613w
PROCEDURE  1910w
RISK-AVERTING  77e
RULES  77w
SATISFICING  196w
SITUATIONOFRISK  48e
STRATEGICPLANNING  1819w
TACTICALPLANNING  116n
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  116e
UNCERTAINTY  314e