1-23 Planning and control decisions.

Fred Harris is the president of United Maintenance Service. He takes the following actions, not necessarily in the order given. For each action (ae) state whether it is a planning decision or a control decision.

a.Fred contemplates procuring a digital lathe machine advised by his chief maintenance engineer.

b.Fred estimates the job cost of providing maintenance service to a local factory.

c.Fred calculates the total cost of materials in an annual maintenance contract to a client.

d.Fred decides to expand service offerings to nearby construction companies.

e.Fred makes a comparative analysis of administrative overheads with budgeted overheads.