PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE AND CUSTOMIZABLE ORGANIZATION TREE HAVING COMMUNICATION OPTIONS

A highly interactive directory tree can be provided through a client user interface. A user can access an organization's records through, for example, a web-based user interface on the client computer system. The user interface can be configured to display a directory tree of related member records in the organization, and can be further configured with a number of option controls. The option controls can be configured to allow a user to differentiate how some or all of the records in the directory tree are displayed at any given time, to define how many member records the directory tree displays, as well as how to view at-a-glance information for each member record. The option controls can further be configured to provide selective communications to specific members, or groups of filtered members in the directory tree.