Question

Kathy is a manager at a bicycle manufacturing firm. She oversees the functioning of six different departments. The top management of the firm decides to combine two of the six departments and modify the roles of the employees in the new department. However, Kathy is uncomfortable with the modifications and believes that these changes can have a huge impact on the functioning of the other departments. In this case, Kathy's beliefs are consistent with the concept of _____.

a. the contingency view
b. the universalist view
c. systems thinking
d. situational management

Answer 1

Answer:c. systems thinking

Explanation:Systems thinking is a holistic approach to analysis which pays attention to the part that makes up the system and how a system works when exposed to larger context systems.

The systems thinking approach

is diffrent from traditional system of analysis which focuses on breaking down the system into separate segments before it can study them.

It is used in research when doing studies in medical , political , economic, environmental , educational systems and other systems