UW Gazette, November 26, 1997

                              

     Daily Bulletin, November 24
     
     Things must be settling down around here, after the
turmoil of the past couple of years, with hundreds of retire
ments and dozens of people moving into new jobs. The
university secretariat last week issued a thick set of or
ganization charts, to be inserted in the ring-punched
Policies and Procedures manuals that are maintained in all
departments.
     From chart #1, with chancellor Val O'Donovan at the top
and the deans and other bigwigs arrayed across the bottom,
to chart #19.3 showing the hierarchy in the security
department, the charts give a quick reference to who reports
to whom and runs what. "The intent of the charts," a
covering memo notes, "is not to provide full detail of the
organization, but to indicate where functional
responsibilities lie. For that reason, they do not extend to
all areas of the organization in depth." In particular, they
deal mostly with administrative departments, although there
are charts for the six faculties that do note the names of
the department chairs.
     Users will be especially grateful for the charts
outlining departments that have been much reorganized in the
past year -- such as #7 (information systems and
technology), #9.3 (co-op education and career services), and
#9.7 (the registrar's office).
     The charts provide a reminder of some jobs that haven't
been filled in UW's structure but are still officially in
existence - including associate vice-president (academic),
director of purchasing, director of central stores, and
manager of alumni affairs.