Planning & Decision Making

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

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

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2# L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
3# # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
4T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S #
5# # # # G N I T R E V A - K S I R T I M
6# # # # # - U N C E R T A I N T Y R T A
7G L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S O A U X
8N # # N O I T A P I C I T R A P P T A I
9I # # # # # # # N # # # # # # # E E T M
10K # M I S M A N A G E R S E L U R G I I
11A # G N I V L O S M E L B O R P A I O N
12M F O R M A L P L A N O # # # # T C N A
13N # # E R U D E C O R P B # # # I P O P
14O G N I C I F S I T A S # J # # O L F P
15I N A L P L A N I T C N U F E # N A R R
16S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C S N I O
17I G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T N S A
18C H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I K C
19E S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M N V H
20D H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M # G # E
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  96e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1616w
DATAPROCESSING  131w
DECISIONMAKING  120n
FORMALPLAN  212e
FUNCTINALPLAN  1415w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  27e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  1620w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  205s
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1719w
MISMANAGER  310e
OPERATIONS  177s
OPTIMIZING  33e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33e
PARTICIPATION  168w
PROBLEMSOLVING  1611w
PROCEDURE  1213w
RISK-AVERTING  175w
RULES  1710w
SATISFICING  1214w
SITUATIONOFRISK  194s
STRATEGICPLANNING  184s
TACTICALPLANNING  1717w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  14e
UNCERTAINTY  76e