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
RISK-AVERTING
RULES
SATISFICING
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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F S H N G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T
I E V C A D I G S S R S U X P J H D R C
N V V O A M E R N O E N Q R O C C A I O
T I Q I D O E C C I C I O A A X N T S N
U T P J T I R E I E C B C O X S U A K T
I C H F R C D P R S L I R I A A W P - I
T E M R U U E T P E I P F C L M X R A N
I J A I R N A J M A P O T S N O S O V G
V B H E S I C S B A G I N O I N P C E E
E O O X N M O T X O O N I M O T C E R N
A Y J T S L A A I N E T I I A X A S T C
P B Y F V W M N - N A G T Z W K Z S I Y
P T Z I S I M P A P A A N E I Y I I N P
R M N G X E R C I G R L C A E M U N G L
O G P A S O L C B E E H P Y R C I G G A
A M M Z C C I U P R Z R O L D - U T M N
C L A E S T F O R M A L P L A N G R P S
H M S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G O
X S M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H K O D
S B P 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 H # G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T
2I E # C # D # G S S R # U # P # H D R C
3N V V # A # E R N O E N # R # C # A I O
4T I # I # O E C C I C I O # A # N T S N
5U T # # T I R E I E C B C O # S # A K T
6I C # F R C D P R S L I R I A # # P - I
7T E M R U U E T P E I P F C L # # R A N
8I J A I R N A J M A P O T S N O S O V G
9V B # E S I C S B A G I N O I N P C E E
10E O # # N M O T X O O N I M O T # E R N
11A Y # T # L A A I N E T I I A # A S T C
12P B Y # V # M N - N A G T Z # K # S I Y
13P T # I S I # P A P A A N # I # I I N P
14R M N # X E R # I G R L # A # M # N G L
15O G # A # O L C # E E # P # R # I G G A
16A M M # C # I U P # # R # L # - # T # N
17C # # E # T F O R M A L P L A N G # P S
18H # S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G O
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20# # P N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  29ne
CERTAINTY  114sw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  202s
DATAPROCESSING  183s
DECISIONMAKING  62se
FORMALPLAN  717e
FUNCTINALPLAN  46se
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  12s
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  316ne
MAXIMINAPPROACH  319e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  216n
MISMANAGER  37se
OPERATIONS  817ne
OPTIMIZING  2018nw
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  2018nw
PARTICIPATION  320ne
POLICIES  179nw
PROBLEMSOLVING  152sw
PROCEDURE  121sw
RISK-AVERTING  192s
RULES  917nw
SATISFICING  1812nw
STRATEGICPLANNING  318e
TACTICALPLANNING  201w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  201sw
UNCERTAINTY  132sw