The Organization of Interest application (OOI) is the system of record for all organizations and their org codes, and their placement in the hierarchy of Colleges/MAUs, or VP groupings.
Meet the IR OOI Team
Adrianna High, Data Resource Analyst
Carmen Elliott, Data Resource Analyst
What is the organizational structure of MSU?
Michigan State University’s academic and administrative structures are defined in the business systems as “organizations” or “orgs”. Each org, whether a single unit, a college or major administrative unit (MAU), or a VP senior leadership grouping, has a unique 8-digit org code by which they are represented in our business systems (Finance, HR/Payroll, Research Administration, etc.) Units (which may be historically known as departments or offices) are further defined by accounts, positions/staff, and other activities, and are aggregated by their org codes into discrete colleges or major administrative units. This organizational structure helps facilitate day-to-day operations of the university and reporting on and analysis of university operations.
What is OOI?
The OOI application is a central business system supplying information about Colleges/Major Administrative Units and Departments/Units to many other university systems. The Office of Institutional Research (IR) oversees the maintenance of the OOI database and leads the Organization Change Group. This includes the creation of new units, renaming existing units, updating hierarchical relationships between units, and discontinuing units. Implementing such changes requires careful coordination between unit leadership and representatives of business systems -The Organization Change Group is comprised of subject matter experts from identified MSU business systems and applications who facilitate this coordination.
How are org structures different than Org Charts? What is the difference between an Org Chart and an OOI Hierarchy?
The hierarchical structures or groupings within OOI do not necessarily translate into a typical organization chart of people,titles and positions. Instead, OOI hierarchies and groupings of orgs are used for workflow, account assignments, position assignments and other internal reporting. Reporting hierarchies for personnel may have additional tiers and be more complex than the generalized groupings represented by MSU’s business systems for org structures. Additional rolescan be assigned by delegated authorities from the appropriate unit, but these additional roles and relationships are not reflected in the unit groupings in OOI.