Planning & Decision Making

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

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1# S # I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
2H # S N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
3M C # E # D # # # M A R U # O # G # O #
4A # A # C # A # # T I N O N # N # N # G
5X S # O # O # T I N C S G C I # G # S N
6I # N # R # R S A T A - M N E - # E # I
7M N # A # P F P I P R L N A R D V # G N
8I # O # L I P N - A R A P A N I U N # N
9N # # I C P A A N N L O N L T A I R U A
10A # S I T L Y G G P O G C C A T G N E L
11P S N N P A E C C N E I E E R M C E # P
12P G R L O P P I N O I J T E S E R # R L
13R # A E L I G I B E B Z V C R S # O S A
14O N # A I E T J C O G A I T A # I E F C
15A # N # T R E A Y I - N A M # S I N # I
16C S # A # C R B R K T I I # I C N S G T
17H # R # T # T A S E N R # T I T E A # C
18# T # I # M # I B T P # A L N L P # R A
19S # V # G # R # Y # # O O P U O # O # T
20# E # M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H # #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  918nw
CERTAINTY  1711sw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1720nw
DATAPROCESSING  74se
FORMALPLAN  1914nw
FUNCTINALPLAN  142sw
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  41e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  202w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111sw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  162sw
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  420e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  13s
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  420ne
MISMANAGER  103se
OPERATIONS  1219nw
OPTIMIZING  1819nw
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1819nw
PARTICIPATION  1419nw
POLICIES  1220ne
PROCEDURE  112se
RISK-AVERTING  719ne
RULES  1420ne
SATISFICING  122sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  119ne
TACTICALPLANNING  2019n
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  2019nw
UNCERTAINTY  199sw