Planning & Decision Making

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

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15M N A # X U E # R # # N # A # A O E C T
16I N # A T C # E # # # # G # S B N D I I
17X I M I T # Y T N I A T R E C N U S T U
18A N S I G N I S S E C O R P A T A D C T
19M G V G N I V L O S M E L B O R P R A N
20L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # T I
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1616n
CERTAINTY  1517w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  32se
DATAPROCESSING  1718w
DECISIONMAKING  1816n
FORMALPLAN  144w
FUNCTINALPLAN  144sw
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  2020n
LEVELOFASPIRATION  120e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111sw
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  119n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  317ne
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  11e
MISMANAGER  313ne
OPERATIONS  1715n
OPTIMIZING  192w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  192w
PARTICIPATION  153w
POLICIES  212ne
PROBLEMSOLVING  1719w
PROCEDURE  168sw
RULES  159s
SATISFICING  36se
SITUATIONOFRISK  318ne
STRATEGICPLANNING  23s
TACTICALPLANNING  1920n
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  1920nw
UNCERTAINTY  1717w