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 _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Systems thinking

Explanation:

This is a much more holistic approach to thinking and analysis that places emphasis on the manner in which the constituent parts of a system interconnect and the manner in which the system will over over a period of time and from a broader system. From the question, it can seen that Kathy is already thinking of other constituent parts of the system (functioning of other departments) and hence she is viewing it from a systems thinking perspective.