The Consulting Process
The organizational Diagnostic phase is often integrated within an overal OD process, commonly called 'a consulting process'. An example of such a process is:
Entry --> Diagnosis --> Action Planning --> Implementation --> Termination
As the second phase in the consulting cycle, it is also the first fully operational phase of the consulting process or cycle. The purpose of the diagnosis is to examine the problem faced by the organization in detail, to identify factors and forces that are causing the problem and to prepare the collected information to decide how to implement possible solutions to the identified problems.
The diagnosis of the problem is a separate phase from the solutions themselves.
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