Change Management and Perspectives on Dialogue Order Instructions: In the assigned articles for this unit, you read about dialogue and shared meaning. Based on these author’s perspectives, how would you update the learning that you described in Unit 6’s discussion,

“The Value of Dialogue.” What did the articles add to your thinking about dialogue?

Change Management and Perspectives on Dialogue Sample Answer

BUS4802 – Change Management -Additional Perspectives on Dialogue

Substantial information is available about dialogue and its value.  Many authors have provided significant insights into dialogue to enhance understanding. The paper provides an additional /update on the learning from previous discussions on dialogue and suggestions on additions required to the topic of dialogue.

Based on the previous discussion, a number of updates are required to better understanding of the value of dialogue. One is that people must listen to one another without resistance to provide answers to issues raised. It, therefore, becomes important for individuals to inquire through examining,  suspending and reconsidering the validity of their own beliefs and assumptions and examining other points of views (Jones, 1996).  Incorporating aspects of sight, touch, taste, hearing as well contributes to the creation of a dialogic relationship that allows participants to develop their relationship with the environment/world.

The article as well improved my thinking about dialogue. I was able to understand how dialogue can be used to change conversations and achieve productive positive results. Of course, in any conversion process, every participant wants to get the approval of what they say. The four levels point that participants need to uphold to achieve these positive results are a container, intention, frame, action, and the result (Jones, 1996). It is important to understand the situation /context the conversion takes place, the intention of the other person and whether they align with yours, what the other person is thinking about themselves, situation, others obstacles, what is to be said and the results. Understanding in this process, enhance dialogue. It is also important that for dialogue to be successful, it must begin from the inner part of an individual. An individual is expected to suppress some of their certainties and assumptions they hold about certain aspects under discussion and focus on the most important issues that relate to the topic of discussion.

Change Management and Perspectives on Dialogue Reference

Jones, M. (1996). Dialogue: The Emergence of Shared Meaning. New Leaders, Reprinted with permission.