Planning & Decision Making

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

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1# L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N T #
2# G M # # G N I V L O S M E L B O R P E
3M N A # G N I S S E C O R P A T A D V #
4A I X F U N C T I N A L P L A N S I S G
5X N I O G N I C I F S I T A S E T I N N
6I N M R S # S # # # # # # A V C T I A I
7M A I M N # E # # # # # C I E U N # L K
8A L N A O # I # # # # T T J A N S R P A
9X P A L I # C # # # I C B T A C R E Y M
10A C P P T S I # # O E O I L # E E G C N
11P I P L A E L # N J E O P # R R I A N O
12P G R A R L O - B G N L # U # T R N E I
13R E O N E U P O N O A # D # # A R A G S
14O T A # P R Y A F C # E # # # I A M N I
15A A C # O B R R I # C # # # # N B S I C
16C R H C T - I T # O # # # # # T # I T E
17H T E M G S C E R T A I N T Y Y # M N D
18# S G N K A # P A R T I C I P A T I O N
19S M O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20# L I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1715n
CERTAINTY  717e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1919n
DATAPROCESSING  173w
DECISIONMAKING  2017n
FORMALPLAN  44s
FUNCTINALPLAN  44e
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  320e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  21e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  13s
MAXIMINAPPROACH  32s
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  219ne
MISMANAGER  1817n
OPERATIONS  515n
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
PARTICIPATION  818e
POLICIES  713n
PROBLEMSOLVING  192w
PROCEDURE  818ne
RULES  614n
SATISFICING  155w
SITUATIONOFRISK  194sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  218n
TACTICALPLANNING  519ne
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  191sw
UNCERTAINTY  167s