IMU Institut GmbH

IMU Institut GmbH is a German research, consulting and training organisation headquartered in Stuttgart. According to its own description, it conducts "labour-oriented research, consulting and training" with a focus on economic, work-organisational and technological matters. Its stated approach is to work "not about, but with" the people concerned — that is, to combine academic and cross-company perspectives with practical company experience and regional development. The institute positions itself at the intersection of research and practice. In its research projects it links supra-company and scientific perspectives with operational practice and regional development, while also pursuing sustainable development, better working and living conditions, and the expansion of employment. Its consulting work covers business-management analyses, employee participation in problem analysis and problem-solving, and economically coherent alternative concepts, as well as expertise in work design, pay and working-time systems, and IT and technology design. A distinctive part of the institute's offering is its support for works councils and employee representation bodies. Its consultants accompany negotiations and help develop negotiation and enforcement concepts, qualify and coach works council members, moderate and document workshops, and support the drafting of works agreements (Betriebsvereinbarungen). IMU Institut also trains members of works councils and staff councils as well as members of economic committees and supervisory boards on topics including business management, transformation, work organisation, IT systems and technology design. It delivers this through day seminars, week-long seminars, in-house seminars and online seminars, and its trainers also work for trade-union education providers. Beyond training, it offers support in organising works council work and in team development through team workshops. The institute is based in Stuttgart, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and its activities are oriented primarily toward the German market, where co-determination and works council structures create demand for its specialised services. It operates as a private company (GmbH).

IMU Institut GmbH is a Stuttgart-based company active in labour-oriented research, consulting and training. Public structured data describes it simply as a company in Stuttgart, Germany, and its own website presents its current profile rather than a detailed corporate chronology. What can be established from the available evidence is its field of activity and its self-understood mission. The institute works on economic, work-organisational and technological questions. Its research projects are described as combining supra-company and scientific perspectives with company practice and regional development. Alongside research, it pursues goals of sustainable development, improved working and living conditions, and the expansion of employment. Its consulting practice is closely tied to employee representation. IMU Institut provides business-management analyses, involves employees in problem analysis and problem-solving, and develops economically coherent alternative concepts. It also advises on work design, pay and working-time systems, and IT and technology design. A significant share of its work consists of accompanying negotiations, developing negotiation and enforcement concepts, qualifying and coaching works council members, moderating and documenting workshops, and supporting the drafting of works agreements. Training is another core pillar. The institute trains members of works councils and staff councils as well as members of economic committees and supervisory boards in business management, transformation, work organisation, IT systems and technology design. It runs day seminars, week-long seminars, in-house seminars and online seminars, and its trainers also work for trade-union education providers. It additionally supports the organisation of works council work and team development through team workshops. Because the available sources do not provide founding dates, ownership details or a dated timeline of events, this dossier does not assert them. The institute is headquartered in Stuttgart and operates as a private limited company (GmbH).

A labour-oriented research, consulting and training institute that works with, not merely about, companies and employee representatives, combining scientific and cross-company perspectives with practical and regional development.

• Labour-oriented research projects

  Research combining supra-company and scientific perspectives with company practice and regional development.

• Business-management consulting

  Analyses, employee participation in problem analysis and problem-solving, and economically coherent alternative concepts.

• Negotiation support and works agreement drafting

  Accompanying negotiations, developing negotiation and enforcement concepts, and supporting the drafting of works agreements.

• Training seminars

  Day, week-long, in-house and online seminars on business management, transformation, work organisation, IT systems and technology design.

• Team development and works council organisation support

  Support for organising works council work and team development through team workshops.

1. 1IMU Institut GmbH - IMU Institut GmbH Stuttgartimu-institut.de
2. 2IMU Institut (Germany) - Wikidatawikidata.org