Greg, the owner of a lawn care service, likes to meet with his employees six months after their yearly evaluation to discuss how they are progressing on suggestions and plans to improve their yearly job evaluation. At this point, by comparing the six-month results with the past evaluation, Greg is in the ________ step of the planning/control cycle.

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Controlling the direction includes the corrective action in the fourth step of the cycle, which (a) can get a project back on track before it's too late by correcting deviations or (b) if it's too late, can provide data for improving future plans. In this case, at the end of the performance period, the information can be used to improve future plans.

Greg, the Owner of a Lawn Care Service, Likes to Meet