Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
OPERATIONS
OPTIMIZING
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH
POLICIES
PROBLEMSOLVING
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.

Try to find all 26 words on this board.

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

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1# M # G # # # Y B # # S G # M # H # T S
2G # A # N # D A T F Y N E A # C # R # E
3# N # X # I R A O N I T X I A # A # V V
4S # I # I R N R T T I I N O C N # I S I
5# I # N I M M N R A M A R I S I T # N T
6G # T E N A A E A I P P T A A C L N A C
7# N R U L A V X N L P R C R E T A O L E
8# S I P A A L A A A P T O J E L R G P J
9# O L V - T P P E P I L B C P C N E Y B
10# A P K L P I V C O P O A L E I N P C O
11N # S E R O I O N I E R A C C S R U N Y
12# I # O R T S - N G G N O I I O S # E B
13R # A U I A P M N O I E F A C T # I G T
14# C L U # R T A E T F S T E C # C # N M
15H E T # O # R I C L I R D A # H # A I G
16S N # C # - # N O T B U I # R # # # T M
17I # E # G # U # A N R O # S # T # # N #
18# S # N # F # S # E S # R # K # S # O #
19S # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20# L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  91sw
CERTAINTY  1910nw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1919n
DATAPROCESSING  81se
FORMALPLAN  102sw
FUNCTINALPLAN  618ne
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  117ne
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  21se
MAXIMINAPPROACH  151sw
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  2016n
OPERATIONS  29se
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
POLICIES  198nw
PROBLEMSOLVING  1419nw
PROCEDURE  1810sw
RISK-AVERTING  113ne
RULES  512sw
SATISFICING  818ne
SITUATIONOFRISK  14se
STRATEGICPLANNING  1718nw
TACTICALPLANNING  1916nw
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  191sw
UNCERTAINTY  1811nw