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I learned a new word today - BMWGuinness - 12-18-2007

Satisficing

I learned it while studying principles of management.

Unfortunately, it doesn't come up under dictionary.com satisficing - Definitions from Dictionary.com

However, these do

Satisfice satisfice - Definitions from Dictionary.com
Quote:verb
decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal; "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice"

Satisfise satisfise - Definitions from Dictionary.com
Quote:verb
decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal; "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice" [syn: satisfice]



I learned a new word today - QuotableKali1918 - 07-23-2008

Lol!
So doing CLEP would be defined at satisficing?
hilarious