Planning & Decision Making

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

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3# # V # O # T # R K P N # N R R # A C #
4# # # I N T R # E S R O # I A O N O A N
5L G S N T A A # I I O I H S N B A R O O
6O N E T I C T # R R C T C S S L L P R I
7N I V U N T E # R F E A A E A E P P P T
8G T I I G I G J A O D R O C C M L A P A
9- R T T E C I U B N U E R O T S A X A R
10R E C I N A C N N O R P P R I O N A G I
11A V E V C L P C A I E O P P O L I M N P
12N A J E Y P L E L T G G A A N V T I I S
13G - B A P L A R P A A # N T - I C X Z A
14E K O P L A N T L U N S I A P N N A I F
15P S Y P A N N A A T A E M D R G U M M O
16L I B R N N I I M I M L I # O - F # I L
17A R T O S I N N R S S U X # C # G # T E
18N # M A # N G T O # I R A # E # # N P V
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BARRIERS  99n
CERTAINTY  811s
CONTINGENCYPLANS  52s
DATAPROCESSING  1414n
DECISIONMAKING  161w
FORMALPLAN  919n
FUNCTINALPLAN  1716n
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  44s
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020n
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  15s
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  1815n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  1319n
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  320n
MISMANAGER  1119n
OPERATIONS  1211n
OPTIMIZING  1919n
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1919n
PROBLEMSOLVING  162s
PROCEDURE  113s
RISK-AVERTING  217n
RULES  1218n
SATISFICING  1520w
SITUATIONOFRISK  1017n
STRATEGICPLANNING  72s
TACTICALPLANNING  64s
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  152s
UNCERTAINTY  89s