Planning & Decision Making

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

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11E B E F I # S L Y I E N I L # C # E A M
12A J S S E # E P A G M E - T A # N # L A
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17A V # # G N I T R E V A - K S I R E S G
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Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  57s
CERTAINTY  1611nw
CONTINGENCYPLANS  191sw
DATAPROCESSING  34s
DECISIONMAKING  203s
FORMALPLAN  1316nw
FUNCTINALPLAN  194s
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  13s
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  419e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  1516nw
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  24s
OPERATIONS  93e
OPTIMIZING  31e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  31e
PARTICIPATION  72e
POLICIES  186sw
PROCEDURE  103se
RISK-AVERTING  1717w
RULES  715n
SATISFICING  416n
SITUATIONOFRISK  1917nw
STRATEGICPLANNING  1918w
TACTICALPLANNING  52se
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  21se
UNCERTAINTY  1813nw