ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests that a similar process is at work in the arena created by Agency/Contractor interface. Several structural segments of a complex society, each with different agendas, have come into a contact situation and each, by employing some elements of games of strategy, attempts to seize control of the social structure of contact and thereby channel the course and direction of events. Private companies use agency funds to meet operating expenses and to generate profits. Each agenda carries a slightly different strategy with it and all players invoke their strategies in attempts to control the social structure of contact. Agency/Contractor interface is an extension of the game that agencies must play to survive in political arenas. This was illustrated by the problems the National Institute of Education had with Congress. The use of game rules and accumulated wisdom on their effectiveness has worked to the disadvantage of the lone academic entrepreneur.
