Planning & Decision Making

BARRIERS
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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G N I S S E C O R P A T A D V Q B R Z G
B E R M M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H Y
A B V S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G
R G J I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
R W W E T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
I P U R X C P A R T I C I P A T I O N S
E G N I T R E V A - K S I R U L E S I N
R I D U I Q P J Y T N I A T R E C N U A
S E I C I L O P B F O R M A L P L A N L
T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S P
O N G N I V L O S M E L B O R P I H N E
E S A T I S F I C I N G R V R K Z Z O G
D E C I S I O N M A K I N G J K M F I N
C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S M E T A
S L N S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K A R
N A L P L A N I T C N U F X R - Z J R -
S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M G V E G
V M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H G N P N
G H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
R B J N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
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Answer Key for Planning & Decision Making

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1G N I S S E C O R P A T A D # # # # # #
2B E # # M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H #
3A # V S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G
4R # # I N T U I T I V E A P P R O A C H
5R # # # T A C T I C A L P L A N N I N G
6I # # # # C P A R T I C I P A T I O N S
7E G N I T R E V A - K S I R U L E S # N
8R # # # # # # J Y T N I A T R E C N U A
9S E I C I L O P B F O R M A L P L A N L
10T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S P
11# # G N I V L O S M E L B O R P # # N E
12# S A T I S F I C I N G # # # # # # O G
13D E C I S I O N M A K I N G # # # # I N
14C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S # # T A
15# # # S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K A R
16N A L P L A N I T C N U F # # - # # R -
17S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M G # E G
18# M A X I M A X A P P R O A C H # N P N
19# H C A O R P P A G N I Z I M I T P O O
20# # # N O I T A R I P S A F O L E V E L
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  12s
CERTAINTY  178w
CONTINGENCYPLANS  114e
DATAPROCESSING  131w
DECISIONMAKING  113e
FORMALPLAN  109e
FUNCTINALPLAN  1316w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  44e
LEVELOFASPIRATION  2020w
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111nw
LONG-RANGEPLANS  2020n
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  218e
MAXIMINAPPROACH  52e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1617w
OPERATIONS  1919n
OPTIMIZING  1919w
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  1919w
PARTICIPATION  76e
POLICIES  89w
PROBLEMSOLVING  1611w
RISK-AVERTING  147w
RULES  147e
SATISFICING  212e
SITUATIONOFRISK  415e
STRATEGICPLANNING  43e
TACTICALPLANNING  55e
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  110e
UNCERTAINTY  198w