Organization of Interest (OOI) - Org Level Cheat SheetOOI (Organization of Interest) is the organization management system for the institution. It is the o�cial repository for organizations and attributes of those organizations (orgs) such as names, addresses, org managers, etc.. OOI is not an organizational chart or tree view detailing where people report but instead provides information on where university orgs or units report within the business systems. All orgs/units are represented by a unique eight character code, beginning with either 100* or 4*. Org codes are not repeated and do not have sight logic and therefore should not be used to determine where an org reports. For OOI purposes, the Vice President level reports to the “Campus” level. Campus reports to “University.”

Org Level

Org Description

Vice President (VP)

Reflects where MAUs report in the various organizational relationships. The President as well as the Provost and EVP for Administrative Services all have a level on the VP line. This level is not currently used for university workflow.

Major Administrative Unit (MAU)

Represents a grouping of organizational units for administrative purposes and may be academic or non-academic. An organizational unit can belong to more than one MAU and is then referred to as a jointly-administered unit. MAUs usually have one administrator who oversees the operations of all organizational units comprising the MAU.

Unit Level 1(U1)

Reports up to an MAU in the business systems and are the lowest o�cially university recognized unit. In the D03/Common Unit Code (CUC) system, these units were represented by CUCs.

Unit Level 2(U2)

Represents an organization that is created underneath a U1 for the purposes of workflow, accounting, or internal reporting. Is not an o�cially recognized university unit.

O�cially Recognized University Organization/Unit

Can Change Levels

Can be Reused for Another Purpose

Can be Jointly Administered (Joint Unit)

Can be Moved

Positions or Accounts May be Held at this Level

If no U2s exist below. All positions, accounts, assets, postings, and workflow must reside at the lowest level. Course data remains at this level.

Approvals (name changes, new orgs, moves, mergers, inactivations)

See OPB sta� for more information. Requires approval from executive management and possibly Academic Governance, the President, and the Board of Trustees.

See OPB sta� for more information. Requires approval from executive management and possibly Academic Governance, the President, and the Board of Trustees.

Requires approval from the Dean/Director/Unit Head and the O�ce of Planning and Budgets. For academic or degree granting units, Academic Governance may be required.

Requires approval from the Director/Unit Head and the O�ce of Planning and Budgets. For academic or degree granting units, Academic Governance may be required.

To learn more and for details on the org change process visit: https://www.opb.msu.edu/functions/ooi

For questions or to discuss org change requests or OOI data:orgchng@msu.edu

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