This survey of human resource practices represents the self-reported descriptions of benefits from 143 manufacturing and nonmanufacturing companies within Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, and St. Joseph County in Indiana, and Berrien and Cass County in Michigan. Participants have been divided into two categories: Manufacturing and Distribution and Non-manufacturing, and further divided by size. Large manufactures have annual sales of at least $100 million; medium manufacturers have annual sales of at least $20 million and up to $100 million; small manufacturers have sales less than $20 million. Large non-manufacturers have at least 200 employees while small manufacturers have fewer than 200 employees.
