Samuel, a marketing manager, recently attended a management workshop where he learned of mihaly csikzentmihalyi's view that the ideal state that many people seek is between a high and low pay rate a point of little working and more relaxing an emotional zone somewhere between boredom and anxiety a high-pressure career that makes an individual stronger where very little work is required

Draw a flowchart for a process of interest to you, such as a quick oil-change service, a factory process you might have worked in, ordering a pizza, renting a car or truck, buying products on the internet, or applying for an automobile loan. identify the points where something (people, information) waits for service or is held in work-in-process inventory, the estimated time to accomplish each activity in the process, and the total flow time. evaluate how well the process worked and what might be done to improve it.