Case Studies of Institutional Research : Focusing on Organizational Design, Function and Role

The purpose of this study is to derive elements applicable to domestic university institutional research. This study attempted to identify various elements of organizational design by applying case study methods centered on overseas university institutional research organizations. As a result, in terms of the composition of university institutional research, the emphasis was placed on the name of the university institutional research organization, which was generally positioned as a core organization within the school by placing it directly under the control of major decision-makers, and there were differences between institutions in terms of personnel composition and team composition. The main tasks of university institutional research were survey, analysis consulting, request analysis, and data governance operation. When forming or reorganizing a new domestic university institutional research organization, it was suggested to establish a vision for the institutional research of the university with the purpose pursued by the university in mind, to deploy a large number of personnel in the areas of focus promotion, the importance of re-education and employment stability for existing personnel, data sharing, formation of consensus within the university, and to prepare a formalization procedure for request analysis work.