Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
DECISIONMAKING
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
LONG-RANGEPLANS
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
MISMANAGER
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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B M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H Z S I T
A L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N R V
R M O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
R A S N S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L S
I F T L G G N I S S E C O R P A T A D S
E R R T D - F U N C T I N A L P L A N I
R C H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M I D T
S Q J B U X P A R T I C I P A T I O N U
S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T A
N K M I S M A N A G E R U D E C O R P T
P C U O T Y B U N C E R T A I N T Y O I
G N I V L O S M E L B O R P Y O N B L O
S A T I S F I C I N G U B U V Z Q H I N
G N I T R E V A - K S I R J L T M H C O
G N I K A M N O I S I C E D E E G H I F
S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C S M E R
O G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T C S I
P H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I B S
S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G V V K
L E Y 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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1B M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # # # #
2A L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
3R # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
4R # # N S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L #
5I # # # G G N I S S E C O R P A T A D S
6E # # # # - F U N C T I N A L P L A N I
7R # H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M # # T
8S # # # # # P A R T I C I P A T I O N U
9S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T A
10# # M I S M A N A G E R U D E C O R P T
11# # # # # # # U N C E R T A I N T Y O I
12G N I V L O S M E L B O R P # # # # L O
13S A T I S F I C I N G # B U # # # # I N
14G N I T R E V A - K S I R J L # # # C O
15G N I K A M N O I S I C E D E E # # I F
16S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C S # E R
17# G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T # S I
18# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I # S
19S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G # V K
20# # # M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S E
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  11s
CERTAINTY  1011e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1616w
DATAPROCESSING  185w
DECISIONMAKING  1415w
FUNCTINALPLAN  76e
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  194w
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  177w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  21e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  420e
MISMANAGER  310e
OPTIMIZING  33e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33e
PARTICIPATION  78e
POLICIES  1910s
PROBLEMSOLVING  1412w
PROCEDURE  1910w
RISK-AVERTING  1314w
RULES  1312se
SATISFICING  113e
SITUATIONOFRISK  205s
STRATEGICPLANNING  119e
TACTICALPLANNING  1717w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  199w
UNCERTAINTY  811e