Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
DECISIONMAKING
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
MISMANAGER
OPERATIONS
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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S L N L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N
S L A H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I
E S O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
V T E N D A T A P R O C E S S I N G F Y
I R H C G H C L Y T N I A T R E C N U D
T A C O O - C T X U P J T R A L N P N E
C T A N P R R A I B H B D R T O H R C C
E E O T E E P A O C B N J Z I E U O T I
J G R I R G O - N R A O T T U L L C I S
B I P N A A L S N G P L A B E G P E N I
O C P G T N I A M O E P P S C S O D A O
Y P A E I A C M J A I O A L T S U U L N
B L X N O M I S P C A T B N A K P R P M
T A A C N S E J I G F P C J I N R E L A
M N M Y S I S T M Q K U H A E M N G A K
G N I P D M R B A R R I E R S C I I N I
M I X L N A L P L A M R O F E N T X N N
L N A A P G N I C I F S I T A S A I A G
J G M N V G N I T R E V A - K S I R V M
X W Q S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K T E
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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
2S L # H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I
3E S O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
4V T E N D A T A P R O C E S S I N G F #
5I R H C G H C # Y T N I A T R E C N U D
6T A C O O - C T # # # # # # # # N P N E
7C T A N P R R A I # # # # # # O # R C C
8E E O T E E P A O C # # # # I # U O T I
9J G R I R G O - N R A # # T # L # C I S
10B I P N A A L # N G P L A # E # # E N I
11O C P G T N I # # O E P P S # # # D A O
12Y P A E I A C # # # I O A L # # # U L N
13B L X N O M I # # C # T B N A # # R P M
14T A A C N S E # I # # # C J I N # E L A
15M N M Y S I S T # # # # # A E M N # A K
16G N I P # M R B A R R I E R S C I I N I
17M I X L N A L P L A M R O F # N T X N N
18# N A A P G N I C I F S I T A S A I A G
19# G M N # G N I T R E V A - K S I R V M
20# # # S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K T E
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  816e
CERTAINTY  175w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  45s
DATAPROCESSING  64e
DECISIONMAKING  205s
FORMALPLAN  1417w
FUNCTINALPLAN  194s
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  202w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  41e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  319n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  2019nw
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  117n
MISMANAGER  616n
OPERATIONS  56s
OPTIMIZING  33e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33e
PARTICIPATION  518ne
POLICIES  78s
PROCEDURE  186s
RISK-AVERTING  1819w
RULES  187sw
SATISFICING  1618w
SITUATIONOFRISK  420e
STRATEGICPLANNING  23s
TACTICALPLANNING  53se
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  1920nw
UNCERTAINTY  195w