Planning & Decision Making

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

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2# L S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G I
3H E O E M A X I M I N A P P R O A C H N
4C V P N C G N I S S E C O R P A T A D T
5A E T L G O N # # E # # L O # S O M E U
6O L I A O - R I # L # # I C # R P I C I
7R O M U C N R P T U # # C E # E E S I T
8P F I N S T G A - R # # I D # I R M S I
9P A Z C N A I - N N E # E U # R A A I V
10A S I E # A T C R G O V S R # R T N O E
11X P N R # # L I A A E I A E # A I A N A
12A I G T # # # P S L N O T - # B O G M P
13M R A A # # # # L F P G B C K # N E A P
14I A P I # # # # # A I L E J A S S R K R
15X T P N # # # # # # M C A P E S I # I O
16A I R T # # # # # # # R I N L C N R N A
17M O O Y # # # # # # # # O N N A T A G C
18# N A L P L A N I T C N U F G I N I R H
19# # C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S V T
20# # H S E V I T C E J B O Y B T M G M E
Word X Y Direction
BARRIERS  1612n
CERTAINTY  49s
CONTINGENCYPLANS  319e
DATAPROCESSING  184w
DECISIONMAKING  194s
FORMALPLAN  1418nw
FUNCTINALPLAN  1418w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  202s
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22s
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  45se
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  117n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  53e
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  1920w
MISMANAGER  185s
OPERATIONS  175s
OPTIMIZING  33s
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33s
POLICIES  133s
PROCEDURE  143s
RISK-AVERTING  1816nw
RULES  108n
SATISFICING  58se
SITUATIONOFRISK  21e
STRATEGICPLANNING  32e
TACTICALPLANNING  35se
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  2019nw
UNCERTAINTY  47s