Following are several organizational definitions of terminology related to IFMA.

Workplace Industry:
People involved in the day-to-day facilitation, operation and management of the workplace. Those jobs revolving around ensuring functionality of the workplace (any location in which work is conducted) are included.

Facility:
An environment which is built, installed or established to serve a work-related purpose.

Facility Management:
Facility management is a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology.

Facility Management core competencies:

• Communication
• Finance
• Human and environmental factors
• Leadership and management
• Operations and maintenance
• Planning and project management
• Quality assessment and innovation
• Real estate
• Technology

IFMA:
IFMA is the largest and most widely recognized professional association for facility management, supporting approximately 18,500 members. The Association's members are represented in 126 chapters, 15 councils and one Special Interest Group (SIG), in 63 countries worldwide. Globally, IFMA certifies facility managers, conducts research, provides educational programs, recognizes facility management degree and certificate programs and produces World Workplace, the largest facility management-related conference and exposition.

IFMA Stakeholders:
IFMA stakeholders encompass a broad group of individuals and organizations that contribute to the advancement of the Association and the profession.

• Individual members
• Corporate members
• Facility professionals who are nonmembers
• Individuals in professions that are closely related to facility management
• Affiliated associations and organizations
• Organizations offering complementing products and services (e.g. educational institutions offering facility management education, etc.)
• Organizations offering substitute products and services
• Vendors and suppliers
• Media of the facility management industry
• Business community at large
• Governments and regulatory agencies
• Staff
• Chapter, Councils and Special Interest Groups
• IFMA Foundation