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Read the case study in module 5 and write a essay (one page), discuss the concept of health and well- being.

CASE INCIDENT - Is This A way to Run a Business?
SAS Institute Inc. is probably the least-well-known major software company in the world. The company makes statistical analysis software (hence the acronym SAS). It is growing very rapidly. 

From 1,900 employees five years ago, it now has 5,400. SAS is not your typical software company, it is not your typical anything company! 

• 36,000-square-foot gym for employees.
• two full length basketball courts;
• pool tables;
• a private, sky-lighted yoga room;
• Outside, there are soccer and softball fields. Massages are available several times a week, and classes are offered in golf, African dance, tennis, and tai chi.
• The company also operates the largest on-site day-care facility in North Carolina.
• To encourage families to eat lunch together, the SAS cafeteria supplies baby seats and high chairs.
• To encourage families to eat dinner together, the company has a seven-hour workday, five days a week. Unlike many work-obsessive software firms, most SAS employees leave the office by 5 P.M. Management likes to call its workplace culture "relaxed."

The list of employee amenities at SAS goes on and on.

• Unlimited soda, coffee, tea, and juice.
• One week paid vacation between Christmas and New Year's Day.
• An on-site health clinic staffed with six nurse practitioners and two physicians.
• Zero cost to employees for health insurance.
• Dirty workout clothes laundered overnight at no charge.
• Casual dress every day.
• Elder-care advice and referrals. Unlimited sick days, and use of sick days to care for sick family members.

Is this anyway to run a business?

• SAS's strategy is to make it impossible for people not to do their work.
• Company has built an unbelievably loyal workforce.
• Competitors turnover rates above 30 percent,
• SAS's rate has never been higher than 5% percent.
• Management claims that it saves $67 million a year
• That gives it an extra $12,500 per year per employee to spend on benefits.