Planning & Decision Making

CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
DECISIONMAKING
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
LONG-RANGEPLANS
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
MISMANAGER
OPTIMIZING
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH
PARTICIPATION
PROBLEMSOLVING
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.

Try to find all 26 words on this board.

G X I K H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M M
N E Z L O F U F U N C T I N A L P L A N
I S V M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H E U
N N X I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
N A B K T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
A L T B W C V R I S K - A V E R T I N G
L P R O B L E M S O L V I N G H C W E F
P Y A W E V C J S A T I S F I C I N G D
C C W G L B Y Z B N A L P L A M R O F T
I N S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K B I P
G E G T S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M
E G A U M I S M A N A G E R U L E S X O
T N H K O D E C I S I O N M A K I N G S
A I Y T N I A T R E C N U A S M K E V Q
R T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S
T N Q M X S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L
S O Y D A T A P R O C E S S I N G F I D
A C H N O I T A P I C I T R A P T N M H
Q H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O W
Q P X 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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1G # # # H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M #
2N E # # # # # F U N C T I N A L P L A N
3I S V M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # #
4N N # I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
5N A # # T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
6A L # # # C # R I S K - A V E R T I N G
7L P R O B L E M S O L V I N G # # # # #
8P Y # # # # # J S A T I S F I C I N G #
9C C # # # # # # B N A L P L A M R O F #
10I N S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K # # #
11G E # # S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M
12E G # # M I S M A N A G E R U L E S # #
13T N # # # D E C I S I O N M A K I N G #
14A I Y T N I A T R E C N U A # # # # # #
15R T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S
16T N # # # S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L
17S O # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G # # #
18# C # N O I T A P I C I T R A P # N # #
19# H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O #
20# # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  1114w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  218n
DATAPROCESSING  517e
DECISIONMAKING  613e
FORMALPLAN  199w
FUNCTINALPLAN  82e
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  44e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  2016w
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  191w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  43e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  2011w
MISMANAGER  512e
OPTIMIZING  1919w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1919w
PARTICIPATION  1618w
PROBLEMSOLVING  27e
RISK-AVERTING  86e
RULES  1412e
SATISFICING  98e
SITUATIONOFRISK  310e
STRATEGICPLANNING  117n
TACTICALPLANNING  55e
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  215e
UNCERTAINTY  1314w