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

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

yes. it has been proven significantly, especially with a more than ever huge influence of social media & everybody's opinion. for example, we could bring up movements such as the black live's matter movement, or something as such as the march for our lives movement. more than ever it seems as though everybody is starting to care more about this world.