The Sports Institute for Research Through Change Agent Research (SIR/CAR) is an interdisciplinary, public professional, study/action group, which brings together theoreticians and practitioners to investigate topics of vital interest to sport or athletic organizations functioning at the community, provincial/state, national, or international level. SIR/CAR, with associates throughout Canada and the United States, is equipped to bring consulting services to assist in organizational analysis, development, study/research and to sports organizations requiring professional services to develop change agents and bring about change by reducing the gap between avowed and actual organizational goals. SIR brings together theoreticians and practitioners capable of contributing to (1) community sports-related consulting service, (2) discovery of new sports-related knowledge, and (3) dissemination of that knowledge. CAR is a systems analysis technique bringing together practitioners and theoreticians in a three-phase process for organizational analysis, organizational development, and organizational research. CAR studies are conducted on the IDEA system: IDEA--Identification, Delineation, Evaluation, and Action. In sum, SIR provides a structure; CAR provides a systems analysis model; and IDEA provides a study/research methodology. (MM)