Unlike some professions, Facility Management encompasses many different roles and skills. Not everyone in the facility or property management profession are responsible for all of these roles. Some are responsible for specific functions as specialists, others are responsible for everything while some oversee all these roles through other specialists.
Regardless, it’s important to have a working knowledge of each one so you can effectively deal with your colleagues, manage staff or interface with external resources. A pie-shaped diagram is the easiest way to represent the broad responsibilites in the Facility Management Profession since FM includes so many different skills and responsibilities.
This FM Pie has been very popular with FM’s around the world. It has been translated to Czech and Russian so far. For the Russian version, visit the Russian International Education Centre of Facility Management. For the Czech version, visit the Czech Chapter of IFMA.
If you want to translate it to your native language, please contact me for the source graphic.
(A larger version of the FM Pie is provided below along with a download link. A mouse pad is also available.)
I had a conversation recently with a client, the head of a large facilities department. We were talking about the difference between those who get involved and advance their knowledge and those who don’t. Which one do you think are more likely to get ahead in their careers and deliver results for their employers?
For some reason. I’ve been seeing a lot of articles recently about using information for decision making. Some in our industry, but lots in other areas as well.
