Planning & Decision Making

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

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1H # # # # H C A O R P P A N I M I X A M
2C L E V E L O F A S P I R A T I O N # #
3A N O P T I M I Z I N G A P P R O A C H
4O A # N # # G N I K A M N O I S I C E D
5R L O N G - R A N G E P L A N S # # # #
6P P # # # - # P A R T I C I P A T I O N
7P L S E L U R I S K - A V E R T I N G #
8A A # # # # D A T A P R O C E S S I N G
9X M N A L P L A N I T C N U F # # # # N
10A R M I S M A N A G E R U D E C O R P I
11M O # # # # # U N C E R T A I N T Y # C
12I F # # S I T U A T I O N O F R I S K I
13X # G N I V L O S M E L B O R P # # # F
14A # # O P E R A T I O N S J # # # # # S
15M G M T B Y O B J E C T I V E S # # # I
16T R A N S A C T I O N - P R O C E S S T
17# G N I N N A L P L A C I T C A T # # A
18# H C A O R P P A E V I T I U T N I # S
19# # C O N T I N G E N C Y P L A N S V #
20# G N I N N A L P C I G E T A R T S # E
Word X Y Direction
CERTAINTY  1011e
CONTINGENCYPLANS  319e
DATAPROCESSING  88e
DECISIONMAKING  204w
FORMALPLAN  212n
FUNCTINALPLAN  159w
INTUITIVEAPPROACH  1818w
LEVELOFASPIRATION  22e
LONG-RANGEOBJECTIVE  1111se
LONG-RANGEPLANS  25e
MAXIMAXAPPROACH  115n
MAXIMINAPPROACH  201w
MGMTBYOBJECTIVES  115e
MISMANAGER  310e
OPERATIONS  414e
OPTIMIZING  33e
OPTIMIZINGAPPROACH  33e
PARTICIPATION  86e
PROBLEMSOLVING  1613w
PROCEDURE  1910w
RISK-AVERTING  77e
RULES  77w
SATISFICING  2018n
SITUATIONOFRISK  512e
STRATEGICPLANNING  1820w
TACTICALPLANNING  1717w
TRANSACTION-PROCESS  116e
UNCERTAINTY  811e