Looking for Best Practice Suggestions for Building out Organizations in GHR

stephanie-wright2

 We are currently going through a GHR Implementation and are looking for suggestions on Best Practices for what to store in the Short Description field of an Organization Unit?

We contemplated using an abbreviated version of the Long Description; however our Long Descriptions do 'change' every so often, which would then make the Short Description no longer match.

We also contemplated using a # convention; however given that it is visible in lists; we didn't want an arbitrary number floating around. 

Any suggestions/recommendations/best practices on how to use this field? Especially given that it shows up in the Org Chart? 

Thanks!!!

cwalker

We use abbreviations and/or just shorten the long description. You are able to update the short descriptions and the long descriptions for codes. The system assigns an auto number as you input them so the short and long descriptions for codes can be edited in the future. We have our Org Units based on corporate level, then region, then location and department.