Planning & Decision Making

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

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6N # # # # - # N A L P L A N I T C N U F
7A # # K S I R F O N O I T A U T I S # #
8M # # # # # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G
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10I S R E I R R A B G N I C I F S I T A S
11M # # # # G N I T R E V A - K S I R S N
12U N C E R T A I N T Y O # # # # # U E O
13# # G N I V L O S M E L B O R P # L I I
14N O I T A P I C I T R A P J # # # E C T
15D E C I S I O N M A K I N G E # # S I A
16S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C # # L R
17# G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T # O E
18# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I P P
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Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  910w
CERTAINTY  312e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1616w
DATAPROCESSING  88e
DECISIONMAKING  115e
FUNCTINALPLAN  206w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  25e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  119e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  11e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  220e
MISMANAGER  111n
OPERATIONS  2019n
OPTIMIZING  33e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33e
PARTICIPATION  1314w
POLICIES  1918n
PROBLEMSOLVING  1613w
RISK-AVERTING  1811w
RULES  1811s
SATISFICING  2010w
SITUATIONOFRISK  187w
STRATEGICPLANNING  174w
TACTICALPLANNING  1717w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  199w
UNCERTAINTY  112e