History
A journey through MTM development
In 1948: Industrial scientists Harold B. Maynard, John L. Schwab and Gustave J. Stegemerten establish the MTM method with their pioneering research. Objectivity, scientific soundness and a broad application scope caused American industrial engineers to immediately take note. Something new, organizationally, was essential. Accordingly, a group of 11 practicing consultants met at New York City in January 1951, with Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth and Prof. Harry J. Loberg of Cornell University, to discuss the condition and to find ways of meeting it.
Out of this cooperative approach evolved, in March 1951, the present non profit MTM Association for Standards and Research representing the U.S.A. and Canada. This body grew into the Cooperating National Associations and their incorporating, in six short years, as the International MTM Directorate.
WHAT IS THE IMD
The International MTM Directorate, originally constituted in Paris on June 25, 1957, is a Federation of National MTM Associations incorporated under the laws of Ohio on November 6, 1968. Membership in the International MTM Directorate is held by National associations acknowledged by IMD as representing MTM activities in their respective countries.
The general objective of the IMD and the National MTM Associations is to develop, spread and employ knowledge concerning man at work so as to improve his productivity, his job satisfaction and his working conditions. More specifically, the objectives of the IMD are to encourage close cooperation among all those interested in the study of man at work whether it is in research, training or field of application.