Planning & Decision Making

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

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1# # S M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S #
2# # N G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T E
3H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I R V #
4G H L B A R R I E R S # N # N H A I S G
5N C P R O C E D U R E C F A C N T I N D
6I A E # # # # # # # E O L A S C T I A E
7N O G # # # # # # R R P O A E U V T L C
8N R N # # # # # T M L R C J A L A S P I
9A P A # # # # A A A P T B T O P A R Y S
10L P R # # # I L N P I O I S R T S E C I
11P A - # # N P I A O E O M O I # N G N O
12C X G # T L T N N G N E C S # # O A E N
13I A N Y A C I - N O L E F E # # I N G M
14G M O N N M P A F B S I # I # # T A N A
15E I L U I R R R O S C S # C # # A M I K
16T X F X O - I R I I # # E I # # R S T I
17A A A C G S P N N # # # # L # # E I N N
18R M E N K # G G # # # # # O U # P M O G
19T S O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20S L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  44e
CERTAINTY  125sw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1919n
DATAPROCESSING  196sw
DECISIONMAKING  205s
FORMALPLAN  135sw
FUNCTINALPLAN  316ne
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  173w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  315n
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  218n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  218ne
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  41e
MISMANAGER  1818n
OPERATIONS  1719n
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
POLICIES  1419n
PROBLEMSOLVING  717ne
PROCEDURE  35e
RULES  1619nw
SATISFICING  188sw
SITUATIONOFRISK  194sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  120n
TACTICALPLANNING  192w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  192sw
UNCERTAINTY  143sw