Planning & Decision Making

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

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X S D L M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S
H E S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G E
C C S E U D G N I C I F S I T A S D V Z
A J A E C M E Y T B E Y S U L N Q I C G
O H L O L O T C A N T R I E A F T N S N
R C C M R U R R I N A T T L I C S I R I
P F K A Q P R P I S I L P A E C T L E N
P T U G O I P A - V I Y P J I U I R X N
A M J N E R T A E N C O B L A N U L S A
N Z I R C R P A G N O O N T A D T N O L
I C S S E T P P E N E I I M E M O Y V P
M H L C M P I G A G I O T C A I R E P L
I G N Y R A N N N X N Z O C T K L O T A
X U U O D I N A A O A R I A A A I F F C
A O A W T N R A F L P M R M Z S L N J I
M C Z N B - D R G E P E I N I Q N B G T
H C O E G I I T W E P L B X D T I A E C
H C G N I S S E C O R P A T A D P J R A
T V O J K Q F T J X V P D N B M E O F T
I L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N T H
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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
2H # S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G E
3C C S E # D G N I C I F S I T A S # V #
4A # A E C # E # # B E Y S U # N # I # G
5O H # O L O # C A N T R I E A # T # S N
6R # C # R U R R I N A T T L I C # I # I
7P F # A # P R P I S I L P A E C T # E N
8P # U # O I P A - V I Y P J I U I R # N
9A M # N E R T A E N C O B L A N U L S A
10N # I R C R P A G N O O N T A D T N O L
11I # S S E T P P E N E I I M E M O Y # P
12M # # C M P I G A G I O T C A I R # # L
13I # N # R A N N N X N Z O C T K # O # A
14X U # O # I N A A O A R I A A # I # F C
15A # A # T # R A F L P M R M # S # N # I
16M C # N # - # R G # P E I # I # N # G T
17H # O # G # I # # E P L # X # T # A # C
18# C G N I S S E C O R P A T A D P # R A
19# # O # K # # # # # # # # N # M # O # T
20# L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
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BARRIERS  104sw
CERTAINTY  103se
CONTINGENCYPLANS  218ne
DATAPROCESSING  1518w
DECISIONMAKING  63se
FORMALPLAN  1914nw
FUNCTINALPLAN  27se
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  171sw
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  1619nw
MAXIMINAPPROACH  116n
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  51e
MISMANAGER  29se
OPERATIONS  1018ne
OPTIMIZING  1819nw
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1819nw
POLICIES  2011nw
PROCEDURE  1115ne
RULES  77nw
SATISFICING  173w
SITUATIONOFRISK  195sw
STRATEGICPLANNING  32e
TACTICALPLANNING  2019n
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  2019nw
UNCERTAINTY  214ne