Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
CERTAINTY
CONTINGENCYPLANS
DATAPROCESSING
DECISIONMAKING
FORMALPLAN
FUNCTINALPLAN
INTUITIVEAPPROACH
LEVELOFASPIRATION
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE
MAXIMAXAPPROACH
MAXIMINAPPROACH
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES
MISMANAGER
OPERATIONS
OPTIMIZING
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH
PARTICIPATION
POLICIES
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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M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H S S G W U
T L R P A R T I C I P A T I O N E H M T
R E O I R E G A N A M S I M U A V C A S
A V P N S O P E R A T I O N S L I A X T
N E T S G K B E R U D E C O R P T O I R
S L I A I - - L G F Q V P K E Y C R M A
A O M G C T R A E J E E J Q I C E P I T
C F I U N T U A V M M X E S R N J P N E
T A Z S N I I A N E S K N K R E B A A G
I S I A N C S C T G R O W V A G O E P I
O P N T A P E S A I E T L K B N Y V P C
N I G I L I S R E L O O I V H I B I R P
- R A S P I F E T C P N B N I T T T O L
P A P F L Q B Y I A O L O J G N M I A A
R T P I A S P Y D C I R A F E O G U C N
O I R C M E L M L P I N P N R C M T H N
C O O I R U L E S T W L T A N I T N W I
E N A N O T W W H A Z H O Y T I S I J N
S D C G F U N C T I N A L P L A N K V G
S F H G N I K A M N O I S I C E D G F E
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Answer Key for Planning & Decision Making

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4A V P N S O P E R A T I O N S L I A X T
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9T A Z S N I I A N E S # # # R E B A A G
10I S I A N C S C T G R O # # A G O E P I
11O P N T A # E S A I E T L # B N Y V P C
12N I G I L # S R E L O O I V # I B I R P
13- R A S P # # E T C P N B N I T T T O L
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15R T P I A # # # # C I R A F E O G U C N
16O I R C M # # # # # I N P N R C M T H N
17C O O I R U L E S # # L T A N I T N # I
18E N A N O # # # # # # # O Y T I S I # N
19S # C G F U N C T I N A L P L A N K V G
20S # H G N I K A M N O I S I C E D G # E
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1511n
CERTAINTY  610se
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1616n
DATAPROCESSING  1619nw
DECISIONMAKING  1720w
FORMALPLAN  519n
FUNCTINALPLAN  519e
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818n
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22s
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  11e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  192s
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1716n
MISMANAGER  143w
OPERATIONS  64e
OPTIMIZING  33s
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33s
PARTICIPATION  42e
POLICIES  1419nw
PROBLEMSOLVING  42se
PROCEDURE  165w
RISK-AVERTING  32se
RULES  517e
SATISFICING  49s
SITUATIONOFRISK  45se
STRATEGICPLANNING  203s
TACTICALPLANNING  35se
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  12s
UNCERTAINTY  48se