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Table 2

Contrasting polar ideal types: diagnostic and dialogic mindsets

Diagnostic OD		Dialogic OD
Positivism Objective reality	ONTOLOGY	Interpretative Social Reality
Open systems	ORGANIZATIONS ARE	Dialogic Networks
Behavior and results	EMPHASIS ON	Discourse and Generativity
Planned Episodic More developmental	CHANGE IS	Emergent Continuous and iterative More transformational
Stay apart at the margins	CONSULTANTS	Are immersed with Part of
Hierarchical Start at top, work down	CHANGE PROCESSES	Heteriarchical Start anywhere, spread out

Diagnostic OD		Dialogic OD
PositivismObjective reality	ONTOLOGY	InterpretativeSocial Reality
Open systems	ORGANIZATIONS ARE	Dialogic Networks
Behavior and results	EMPHASIS ON	Discourse and Generativity
PlannedEpisodicMore developmental	CHANGE IS	EmergentContinuous and iterativeMore transformational
Stay apart at the margins	CONSULTANTS	Are immersed withPart of
HierarchicalStart at top, work down	CHANGE PROCESSES	HeteriarchicalStart anywhere, spread out

Source(s): Adapted from Bushe and Marshak (2014, p. 86), Authors’ own work