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		<title>Lessons from the SAS Institute - creating a positive corp culture</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, SAS, although wel]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, SAS, although well described in many articles for their
employee morale, is almost alone in the enterprise world. You`d think
that many companies would take a lesson. They don`t.

Personally, I think that our historic times are a]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[That`s the norm in many places i]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[That`s the norm in many places in China, too.&nbsp; My dh`s company has a manufacturing "city" in China.&nbsp; Workers live in dorms and are provided with meals and recreational activities.&nbsp; For most of them, it enables them to send about 50% of th]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[WOW! Sounds like SAS are providi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[WOW! Sounds like SAS are providing many facilities which merge `work and life` into one. SAS are leading the way and I believe more companies will have to wake up and provide similar facilities (if they want to be successful).
Over the past few ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The silly thing is that you can ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The silly thing is that you can hardly get a job at SAS because NO ONE LEAVES!&nbsp; Turnover costs businesses tons of money.&nbsp; You`d think they would catch on that it`s better to retain than train.&nbsp; And, the way you retain is to treat people l]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Most corporate and enterprise en]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Most corporate and enterprise environments seem to have switched over
to "operational profits," these days. They`re not much interested in
whether or not they sell more product, develop new lines of business,
or anything else. As such, "human beans" hav[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The founder of the SAS Institute]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The founder of the SAS Institute in NC often says that his business assets all drive through the gates at 5pm each night.&nbsp; He has created a sort of work Utopia:

Employees can visit their kids during the day at the on site day care ce]]></description>
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