Planning & Decision Making

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

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1# # S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G T
2H E M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H D R #
3# C V G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T H
4# O A I Y T N I A T R E C N U D N T L C
5M N R O T # P R O C E D U R E S S A O A
6A T I # R C # A # # # # U C A E S P N O
7X I S F P P E # R # # L I C V I R R G R
8I N K O O # P J # T E S T I T # E O - P
9M G - R L # # A B S I I T U # # G C R P
10I E A M I # # # G O O C A # # # A E A A
11N N V A C # # # N N E T I # # # N S N E
12A C E L I # # M - J I G # P # # A S G V
13P Y R P E # A P B O # Z N # A # M I E I
14P P T L S K R O N # # # I A # T S N P T
15R L I A I O Y O # # # # # M R # I G L I
16O A N N C B F # # # # # # # I - M O A U
17A N G E T R S R E I R R A B # T G # N T
18C S S M I S A T I S F I C I N G P N S N
19H S G S N A L P L A N I T C N U F O O I
20# M K N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1417w
CERTAINTY  134w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  23s
DATAPROCESSING  183s
DECISIONMAKING  164sw
FORMALPLAN  47s
FUNCTINALPLAN  1719w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  2019n
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  194s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  32e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  15s
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  220ne
MISMANAGER  1716n
OPTIMIZING  1819nw
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1819nw
PARTICIPATION  75se
POLICIES  57s
PROCEDURE  75e
RISK-AVERTING  35s
RULES  145sw
SATISFICING  618e
SITUATIONOFRISK  176sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  31e
TACTICALPLANNING  193w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  201sw
UNCERTAINTY  154w