Planning & Decision Making

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

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2S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T E
3T # # H C A O R P P A X A M I X A M V S
4R H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I S I
5A G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T G N T
6T S M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H N A U
7E N # # # G B A R R I E R S E N S I L A
8G A # # # # N # # # U # # J # A A K P T
9I L # # # # # I # # # L B # # L T A Y I
10C P O L I C I E S # # O E # # P I M C O
11P E # # # # # # # S E # # S # L S N N N
12L G M I S M A N A G E R # # # A F O E O
13A N N A L P L A N I T C N U F M I I G F
14N A # # # # # A # # # # O # # R C S N R
15N R U N C E R T A I N T Y R # O I I I I
16I - # # # - E R U D E C O R P F N C T S
17N G # # G S N O I T A R E P O A G E N K
18G N G N I V L O S M E L B O R P T D O #
19# O O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
20# L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N D #
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  77e
CERTAINTY  515e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1919n
DATAPROCESSING  1819nw
DECISIONMAKING  1818n
FORMALPLAN  1616n
FUNCTINALPLAN  1513w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  184w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  220e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111ne
LONG-RANGEPLANS  220n
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  183w
MAXIMINAPPROACH  36e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  11e
MISMANAGER  312e
OPERATIONS  1517w
OPTIMIZING  319e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  319e
POLICIES  210e
PROBLEMSOLVING  1618w
PROCEDURE  1516w
RULES  107se
SATISFICING  177s
SITUATIONOFRISK  203s
STRATEGICPLANNING  12s
TACTICALPLANNING  175w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  192w
UNCERTAINTY  315e