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. situational managementb. the contingency viewc. the universalist viewd. systems thinking

Explanation: Systems thinking is an approach used by the experts for operation analysis. Under this approach the analyst tries to establish the relations between different constituents of a large system with the intent of understanding it more clearly.

In the given case, Kathy is concerned about the impact that the changes in two departments will cause to the other department and hence the organisation overall.

Therefore, we can conclude that Kathie's beliefs are consistent with systems thinking approach.