¶ … Culture
Within organization frameworks, postmodernism tends to look at an organization more in light of contemporary views on diversity, job satiscation, teamwork, managers as leaders, and coordination of efforts. Hierarchies exist, but are not the primary form of organizational behavior -- teams are more of a flat design. This view holds that the success or failure of a contemporary business or organization is quite dependent upon the management of diversity. Public and private sector organizations, both are involved in numerous federally mandated programs that are designed to reduce cultural and communication barriers within the workplace. Multiculturalism is no longer a "nice-to," with the era of globalization upon us, and rapidly growing, diversity training and maximization of multicultural understanding, combined with management and leadership commitment to provide a diverse workplace, is now the norm. The same is true in accepting and managing a diverse workforce -- those over 55 perhaps vs. those under 25 (Ungar, 2004).
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Recent developments, for instance, in the use of an "absent but implicit" therapeutic paradigm show that in any experience individuals must make numerous connections with past experiences, provide past knowledge, and be able to contrast their own foundation with the social or psychological impetus of any type of intervention (Carey, et al., 2009).
Individual responses to both the idea of postmodernism and absent but implicit approaches would, as with most differing methods, be varied. However, in general the idea of separating and externalizing seems to be something that modern society does all the time. We deconstructionalize any number of events, activities, and tend to view the "other" and even other activities as outside. If contemporary individuals use this view, that our own individual identities are shaped by our stories and identities that exist from without moving to within, then by describing these stories, ways…
