Planning & Decision Making

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

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1G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T # # # #
2# # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
3# H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
4H C A O R P P A N I M I X A M # # N # N
5S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G # # G
6# D E C I S I O N M A K I N G - # # # -
7G N I V L O S M E L B O R P R U L E S R
8# G N I S S E C O R P A T A D # # # # A
9# # # # S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K N
10S A T I S F I C I N G G # # # # # # # G
11F O R M A L P L A N E R U D E C O R P E
12S S E C O R P - N O I T C A S N A R T P
13P S R E I R R A B O P E R A T I O N S L
14O # # # # # # J Y T N I A T R E C N U A
15L G N I T R E V A - K S I R # # # # # N
16I # # # # C F U N C T I N A L P L A N S
17C M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S # # #
18I # # I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
19E # V S N A L P Y C N E G N I T N O C #
20S E M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H # # #
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BARRIERS  913w
CERTAINTY  1714w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  1919w
DATAPROCESSING  148w
DECISIONMAKING  26e
FORMALPLAN  111e
FUNCTINALPLAN  716e
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  418e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  202w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111sw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  202s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  320e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  154w
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  217e
OPERATIONS  1013e
OPTIMIZING  193w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  193w
POLICIES  113s
PROBLEMSOLVING  147w
PROCEDURE  1911w
RISK-AVERTING  1415w
RULES  157e
SATISFICING  110e
SITUATIONOFRISK  59e
STRATEGICPLANNING  15e
TACTICALPLANNING  161w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  1912w
UNCERTAINTY  1914w