Planning & Decision Making

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

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2# G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S # E
3S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K # # # V H
4# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I # C
5# G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T # # A
6T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S O
7G N I K A M N O I S I C E D E # # # # R
8N A L P L A N I T C N U F J # # # # # P
9I G N I C I F S I T A S B # # # # # # P
10V F O R M A L P L A N O # # # # # # # A
11L # # # # # # U N C E R T A I N T Y # N
12O L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S # # # I
13S E I C I L O P N O P E R A T I O N S M
14M # # # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G # I
15E # S E L U R I S K - A V E R T I N G X
16L # # # # - P A R T I C I P A T I O N A
17B # # # G H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M
18O # # N S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C
19R # O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20P L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  1011e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  2018w
DATAPROCESSING  614e
DECISIONMAKING  147w
FORMALPLAN  210e
FUNCTINALPLAN  138w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  184w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  212e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  2017w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  2017n
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  11e
OPERATIONS  1013e
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
PARTICIPATION  716e
POLICIES  813w
PROBLEMSOLVING  120n
RISK-AVERTING  715e
RULES  715w
SATISFICING  129w
SITUATIONOFRISK  13e
STRATEGICPLANNING  182w
TACTICALPLANNING  175w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  16e
UNCERTAINTY  811e