ABSTRACT

In the dictionary of social institutions, the word ‘controls’ is not the plural of the word ‘control’. Not only do more controls not necessarily give more control, but the two words have different meanings altogether. The synonyms for controls are measurements and information. The synonym for control is direction. Controls pertain to means, control to an end. Controls deal with facts, that is, with events of the past. Control deals with expectations, that is, with the future. Controls are analytical, concerned with what was and is. Control is normative and concerned with what ought to be.