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

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1S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G # # #
2T E M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S # #
3R K V M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H # #
4A # S I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
5N S D I T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
6S A E S R C R I S K - A V E R T I N G S
7A T C # E F E F U N C T I N A L P L A N
8C I I U # I O J M I S M A N A G E R # A
9T S S N S # C N B N A L P L A M R O F L
10I F I C # E # I O O P E R A T I O N S P
11O I O E # # L # L I E R U D E C O R P E
12N C N R # # # U # O T G # # # # # # # G
13- I M T H C A O R P P A N I M I X A M N
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15R G K I N O I T A P I C I T R A P # # R
16O # I N # # B A R R I E R S I - # # # -
17C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S G # # G
18E # G Y # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G N
19S H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
20S # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  716e
CERTAINTY  410s
CONTINGENCYPLANS  117e
DATAPROCESSING  718e
DECISIONMAKING  35s
FORMALPLAN  199w
FUNCTINALPLAN  87e
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  44e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  2020n
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  43e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  1913w
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  32e
MISMANAGER  98e
OPERATIONS  1010e
OPTIMIZING  1919w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1919w
PARTICIPATION  1715w
POLICIES  1113nw
PROCEDURE  1911w
RISK-AVERTING  76e
RULES  913nw
SATISFICING  25s
SITUATIONOFRISK  1617nw
STRATEGICPLANNING  11e
TACTICALPLANNING  55e
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  12s
UNCERTAINTY  48s