Welcome to the Institute of Management Services

Industry worldwide constantly strives to improve productivity and quality. In the UK, the Institute of Management Services is the main body which:

• Encourages productivity and quality improvement
• Promotes the development of ways of improving productivity and quality
• Governs professional standards by publishing a code of ethics and providing professional examinations and qualifications. 
• Provides a medium for professionals to share knowledge
• Maintains and publishes a body of knowledge about techniques including Industrial Engineering; Work Study (including Work measurement and Method Study), Organisation and Methods and Systems Analysis.

These disciplines, together with a wide range of management information and control techniques are collectively known as ‘Management Services'. More

Productivity News

• Innovative approach to Apprenticeship Levy
• Personal Development improves productivity
• UK Funding to improve digital technology
• Increased herd size means greater productivity
• The Labour Market is not working

The Institute’s mission is:

to promote to key stakeholders in UK government and commerce:

• an understanding of the concept of productivity and its improvement.
• the importance of structured approaches to productivity analysis, measurement and enhancement.
• to identify good practice and professional standards in productivity improvement by Individuals or organisations.
• to create and deliver education, training, advisory and support services aimed at helping individuals and organisations to establish and maintain that good practice and those professional standards. 

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