Planning & Decision Making

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

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2# T S N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
3S R I E # N # # # E R # O # O # G G O O
4E A T U C # T S # E G R # P # N N N # N
5V T U N # O E I I # M A E # I I G # A G
6I E A C # L R R N A # R N S K - # L G -
7T G T E U # R P L G A # S A R # P # N R
8C I I R # A # P - T E E M A M L # P I A
9E C O T B # L S I N C N N # A S R # C N
10J P N A # A # O E O O G C N # O I # I G
11B L O I N # N # R I E I I Y C # # M F E
12O A F N # S # P S O C T T E P # # # S P
13Y N R T # # A I B # C I D C # L # # I L
14B N I Y # T C J # N # U L # A # A # T A
15T I S # A E E # U # R # # O # S # N A N
16M N K D D C # F # E # # # # P # N # S S
17G G O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
18M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H # # # R #
19# # V # G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T
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Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  59ne
CERTAINTY  46s
CONTINGENCYPLANS  41se
DATAPROCESSING  515ne
DECISIONMAKING  516ne
FORMALPLAN  142sw
FUNCTINALPLAN  816ne
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  191w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  202w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111sw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  202s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  118e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  320e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  118n
MISMANAGER  1811nw
OPERATIONS  153sw
OPTIMIZING  317e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  317e
POLICIES  1516nw
PROCEDURE  188sw
RULES  48ne
SATISFICING  1916n
SITUATIONOFRISK  32s
STRATEGICPLANNING  21s
TACTICALPLANNING  2019w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  2019nw
UNCERTAINTY  44s