Personnel Trends as Seen through an Analysis of the 1992 Public Personnel Inventory

Abstract

The Public Personnel Inventory (PPI) is a survey developed by IPMA to determine personnel trends among IPMA Agency members. The survey, updated and conducted every two years, contains over 300 questions regarding personnel functions, policies and procedures. The PPI serves a two-fold purpose as a research tool: (1) it provides current statistical evidence pertaining to specific personnel-related areas in the public sector; the results are broken down to reflect the response rate of the different levels of government: federal, state, county, and municipal; (2) the PPI also offers a listing of all the survey respondents who answered each question, providing name, agency, address, and phone number. Each of the 300-plus survey questions has its own contact list.