Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
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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R V T G D A T A P R O C E S S I N G O O
S M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H O G W E
N M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S N V M
H H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I K A
C G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T N S X
S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C S N I I
E F U N C T I N A L P L A N E J R A R M
P A R T I C I P A T I O N J G A E L F A
E G G N I V L O S M E L B O R P I P O X
S A T I S F I C I N G O V N B Q R C N A
E Z R Y T N I A T R E C N U N R R I O P
I V M I S M A N A G E R X Z J K A G I P
C L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S B E T R
I S M G N I K A M N O I S I C E D T A O
L E J O P E R A T I O N S V R F M A U A
O L W Q N - R F O R M A L P L A N R T C
P U X D G N I T R E V A - K S I R T I H
T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S D
I N 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 W C
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Answer Key for Planning & Decision Making

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2# M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # G # E
3# M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S N V M
4# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I K A
5# G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T N S X
6S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C S N I I
7# F U N C T I N A L P L A N E # R A R M
8P A R T I C I P A T I O N J # # E L F A
9# # G N I V L O S M E L B O R P I P O X
10S A T I S F I C I N G O # # # # R C N A
11E # # Y T N I A T R E C N U # # R I O P
12I # M I S M A N A G E R # # # # A G I P
13C L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S B E T R
14I S # G N I K A M N O I S I C E D T A O
15L E # O P E R A T I O N S # # # # A U A
16O L # # # - # F O R M A L P L A N R T C
17P U # # G N I T R E V A - K S I R T I H
18T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S #
19# # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
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Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1713n
CERTAINTY  1211w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  166w
DATAPROCESSING  61e
DECISIONMAKING  1714w
FORMALPLAN  816e
FUNCTINALPLAN  27e
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  184w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  213e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  203s
MAXIMINAPPROACH  22e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  23e
MISMANAGER  312e
OPERATIONS  415e
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
PARTICIPATION  18e
POLICIES  117n
PROBLEMSOLVING  169w
RISK-AVERTING  1717w
RULES  218n
SATISFICING  110e
SITUATIONOFRISK  1918n
STRATEGICPLANNING  1818n
TACTICALPLANNING  175w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  118e
UNCERTAINTY  1411w