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
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.

Try to find all 28 words on this board.

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

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2T L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S G H # #
3R E O # A # S S P # # E # O # N N C S #
4A V P N # L E N # O R # I # I # I A I M
5T E T F G L P # O U L T # S # H N O T G
6E L I O U - # L D I A I S # C # N R U M
7G O M R S # R E A P T E C A # U A P A T
8I F I M # A C A I N C A O I N # L P T B
9C A Z A I O T C N O I R R C E S P A I Y
10P S I L R S I I R G P T E E R S L E O O
11L P N P # T M P S P E R C E P # A V N B
12A I G L R # A A A F T O I N # O C I O J
13N R A A # T # N N A I R B # U # I T F E
14N A P N A # I # I A R C # J # F T I R C
15I T P D # M # N # A G # I # E # C U I T
16N I R # I # T # B # # E # N # C A T S I
17G O O X # Y # # # # # # R # G # T N K V
18# N A G N I K A M N O I S I C E D I # E
19# M C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S V S
20# # H # M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H E
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BARRIERS  916ne
CERTAINTY  149sw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  319e
DATAPROCESSING  514ne
DECISIONMAKING  1718w
FORMALPLAN  45s
FUNCTINALPLAN  1614nw
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818n
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22s
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  22e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  520e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  219ne
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  204s
MISMANAGER  48se
OPERATIONS  1612nw
OPTIMIZING  33s
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33s
PARTICIPATION  314ne
POLICIES  93se
PROCEDURE  411ne
RULES  47ne
SATISFICING  57se
SITUATIONOFRISK  193s
STRATEGICPLANNING  11s
TACTICALPLANNING  1717n
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  191w
UNCERTAINTY  167sw