ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part addresses the problem of the scientist-specialist who has turned administrator. It looks at some of the concepts found significant to effective administration in large science agencies. The nation entered an era of environmental awareness, and fish and wildlife programs were selected as ideal indices of how all living creatures were faring in their environment. Thus, most environmental-advocacy efforts tend to focus on particular renewable resources. The increase in constituencies has added greatly to the complexity of administration in this area. In addition, the government administrator in providing leadership is faced with the personnel impacts resulting from the increasingly negative public opinion of government in general. While some of the discussions opened with the problems of relationships between natural-resource agencies, the attention and focus of the group moved to consideration of the problems of effective relationships within the agencies.
