Planning & Decision Making

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

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1# M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # # # #
2# # # S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M E
3# S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G V R
4# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I N E
5# G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T # A G
6S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C # # L A
7I P A R T I C I P A T I O N E # # # P N
8T # S A T I S F I C I N G J # # # # L A
9U N C E R T A I N T Y # B # # # # # A M
10A S S N O I T A R E P O L I C I E S M S
11T E # R I S K - A V E R T I N G # # R I
12I L # S N A L P E G N A R - G N O L O M
13O U N A L P L A N I T C N U F # # # F #
14N R # # # # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G
15O S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T
16F # # # # - G N I V L O S M E L B O R P
17R # # # G # D E C I S I O N M A K I N G
18I # # N # H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M
19S # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20K L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  39e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  166w
DATAPROCESSING  814e
DECISIONMAKING  717e
FORMALPLAN  1913n
FUNCTINALPLAN  1513w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  184w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  1812w
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  2018w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  21e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  192w
MISMANAGER  2012n
OPERATIONS  1210w
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
PARTICIPATION  27e
POLICIES  1110e
PROBLEMSOLVING  2016w
RISK-AVERTING  411e
RULES  214n
SATISFICING  38e
SITUATIONOFRISK  16s
STRATEGICPLANNING  23e
TACTICALPLANNING  175w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  2015w
UNCERTAINTY  19e