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

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2# # # M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # E
3G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S # V #
4# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I L G
5S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M T O N G
6S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C N I M N
7I O R S R # # # # # # # I N E G N Y A I
8T I E N O # # # # # # V A J - N S T X K
9U T G O C # # # # # L L B R A A F N I A
10A A A I E # # # # O P O A L T O B I M M
11T P N T D # # # S L E N P I R S A A A N
12I I A A U # # M A G G L S M # E R T X O
13O C M R R # E N N E A F A # # I R R A I
14N I S E E L I A P C I L # # S C I E P S
15O T I P B T R L I C P # # # E I E C P I
16F R M O C - A T I L # # # # L L R N R C
17R A R N G N C N A # # # # # U O S U O E
18I P U N S A G N I S S E C O R P A T A D
19S F O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20K L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N H #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1710s
CERTAINTY  1815n
CONTINGENCYPLANS  166w
DATAPROCESSING  1918w
DECISIONMAKING  2018n
FORMALPLAN  179sw
FUNCTINALPLAN  219ne
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  184w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  194sw
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  196s
MAXIMINAPPROACH  42e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  165w
MISMANAGER  316n
OPERATIONS  416n
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
PARTICIPATION  218n
POLICIES  1618n
PROBLEMSOLVING  218ne
PROCEDURE  56s
RULES  1518n
SATISFICING  178sw
SITUATIONOFRISK  16s
STRATEGICPLANNING  173w
TACTICALPLANNING  519ne
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  11e
UNCERTAINTY  1817n