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Which approach views an organisation as a set of interrelated and interdependent parts working together within an external environment?

The systems approach is correct. It sees an organisation as a set of interrelated, interdependent subsystems that function together and interact with the external environment, unlike scientific management or bureaucracy, which focus on task efficiency or rules and hierarchy.

  1. ASystems approachCorrect
  2. BScientific management
  3. CBureaucratic approach
  4. DClassical approach based on time study

Explanation

The systems approach treats the organisation as an open system of interdependent subsystems that interacts with its environment. Scientific management concentrates on task efficiency, and bureaucracy on rules and hierarchy, so neither describes this view.

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