Which skills let a manager view the organization as a whole and see how its parts depend on one another?

1. Conceptual skills include the ability to view the organization as a whole and understand how the various parts are interdependent. 2. They also cover assessing how the organization relates to its external environment. 3. These skills allow managers to evaluate situations and develop alternative courses of action. 4. They are especially necessary at the top of the management pyramid, where strategic planning takes place. 5. Technical skills are narrow and specialized, so they are the weakest match for a whole-organization view. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Management and Leadership in Today's Organizations", section 6.7 Managerial Skills_