Planning & Decision Making

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

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2T # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
3R H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
4A M O R I S K - A V E R T I N G K N # N
5T A N # # G N I C I F S I T A S G O F G
6E X T U N C E R T A I N T Y I - # I U -
7G I I R E G A N A M S I M R R # # T N R
8I M N N A L P L A M R O F A U # # A C A
9C A G # O P E R A T I O N S L # # P T N
10P X E # # # # # # # N G # # E # # I I G
11L A N # # # # # # O E # # # S # # C N E
12A P C D E C I S I O N M A K I N G I A P
13N P Y # # # # T B A R R I E R S # T L L
14N R P # # # A J # # E R U D E C O R P A
15I O L # # U E # P O L I C I E S # A L N
16N A A # T C E R T A I N T Y # # # P A S
17G C N I T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
18# H S I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
19S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M # # # #
20# E # M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H # #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  913e
CERTAINTY  616e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  33s
DECISIONMAKING  512e
FORMALPLAN  138w
FUNCTINALPLAN  195s
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  418e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  202w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111sw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  202s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  24s
MAXIMINAPPROACH  420e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1619w
MISMANAGER  137w
OPERATIONS  59e
OPTIMIZING  193w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  193w
PARTICIPATION  1816n
POLICIES  915e
PROCEDURE  1914w
RISK-AVERTING  44e
RULES  157s
SATISFICING  165w
SITUATIONOFRISK  318ne
STRATEGICPLANNING  11s
TACTICALPLANNING  517e
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  191w
UNCERTAINTY  46e