An Introduction to the Institute

The Institute of Management Services is the primary body in the UK concerned with the promotion, practice and development of the range of methodologies and techniques for the improvement of productivity and quality, known collectively as 'Management Services'. This embraces the disciplines of industrial engineering, work study, organisation and methods, systems analysis, and a wide range of management information and control techniques as illustrated in our Body of Knowledge.

The Institute acts as the qualifying body for the Management Services profession in the UK, focussing developments in practice and knowledge and acting as a forum for information exchange. This in turn enables our members who work under a variety of job titles across the whole of the UK economy, to make a more effective contribution to the well-being of their own organisation and to the nation's economy as a whole.

In addition to creating and upholding professional standards for the practice of management services through the adoption of a code of ethics and the provision of a system of qualifying examinations, the Institute of Management Services collaborates with national and international professional bodies in similar fields.

The Institute is a member of, or represented on, a number of other bodies including the World Confederation of Productivity Science, the European Federation of Productivity Services, the European Institute of Industrial Engineers.