Planning & Decision Making

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

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1# T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S
2# E K I # # A E R U D E C O R P O # H #
3G # V S S R B T # # # # # L # E N M C #
4N M # I I K E A I # # # # I # R T A A N
5I A M N T R - G R S # # # C # A I X O O
6N X G T A C F A A R F # # I # T N I R I
7N I M U C N E O V N I I # E # I G M P T
8A M T I T A P J N E A E C S # O E I P A
9L A B T I L A U B O R M R I # N N N A R
10P X Y I C P R # N O I T S S N S C A G I
11C A O V A L T U # C E T I I # G Y P N P
12I P B E L A I # L # E G A N M # P P I S
13G P J A P N C # # E # R N U G # L R Z A
14E R E P L I I # # # S # T A T # A O I F
15T O C P A T P # # # # # # A R I N A M O
16A A T R N C A # # # # # # # I - S C I L
17R C I O N N T # # # # # # # # N G H T E
18T H V A I U I # # # # # # # # # T N P V
19S # E C N F O R M A L P L A N # # Y O E
20# # S H G S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  73se
CERTAINTY  1011se
CONTINGENCYPLANS  171s
FORMALPLAN  619e
FUNCTINALPLAN  619n
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  44s
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020n
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  2020w
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  24s
MAXIMINAPPROACH  183s
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  35s
MISMANAGER  1512nw
OPERATIONS  161s
OPTIMIZING  1919n
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1919n
PARTICIPATION  78s
POLICIES  141s
PROCEDURE  162w
RISK-AVERTING  31se
RULES  710se
SATISFICING  61se
SITUATIONOFRISK  1716nw
STRATEGICPLANNING  119n
TACTICALPLANNING  55s
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  21e
UNCERTAINTY  89se