Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
LONG-RANGEPLANS
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
MISMANAGER
OPERATIONS
OPTIMIZING
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH
PARTICIPATION
POLICIES
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.

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

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1S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G # # #
2S # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
3E H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
4C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S M N P N
5O N A L P L A N I T C N U F I A G E O G
6R # F O R M A L P L A N G T X - R I # -
7P U Y T N I A T R E C N U I R A T R P R
8- B L # # # # # # E I A M A T A E O R A
9N A # E # # # # R T T A N I P G L # O N
10O R # # S # # T R I X G O I A I # # C G
11I R # # # # A E O A E N C N C # # # E E
12T I # # # I V N P O S I A I # # # # D P
13C E # # N A O P B # T M E # # # # # U L
14A R # T - F R J # R S S # # # # # # R A
15S S Y K R O E # A I # # # # # # # # E N
16N # S I A C # P M G N I C I F S I T A S
17A I S C T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
18R K H I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
19T # V # M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H #
20S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M # # # #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  28s
CERTAINTY  117sw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  14e
FORMALPLAN  36e
FUNCTINALPLAN  145w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  418e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  202w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111sw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  202s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  174sw
MAXIMINAPPROACH  519e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1620w
MISMANAGER  916ne
OPERATIONS  203sw
OPTIMIZING  193w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  193w
PARTICIPATION  816ne
POLICIES  197sw
PROCEDURE  197s
RISK-AVERTING  118ne
RULES  16se
SATISFICING  2016w
SITUATIONOFRISK  164sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  11e
TACTICALPLANNING  517e
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  119n
UNCERTAINTY  137w