1. The concept of organizational culture: why bother? --
2. The three levels of culture --
3. Cultures in organizations: two case examples --
4. Macrocultures, subcultures, and microcultures --
5. Assumptions about external adaptation issues --
6. Assumptions about managing internal integration --
7. Deeper cultural assumptions: what is reality and truth? --
8. Deeper cultural assumptions: the nature of time and space --
9. Deeper cultural assumptions: human nature, activity, and relationships --
10. Culture typologies and culture surveys --
11. Deciphering organizational cultures --
12. How culture emerges in new groups --
13. How founder/leaders create organizational cultures --
14. How leaders embed and transmit culture --
15. The changing role of leadership in organizational "midlife" --
16. What leaders need to know about how culture changes --
17. A conceptual model for managed culture change --
18. Culture assessment as part of managed organizational change --
19. Illustrations of organizational culture changes --
20. The learning culture and the learning leader --
21. Cultural islands: managing multicultural groups.

"Regarded as one of the most influential management books of all time, this fourth edition of Leadership and Organizational Culture transforms the abstract concept of culture into a tool that can be used to better shape the dynamics of organization and change. This updated edition focuses on today's business realities. Edgar Schein draws on a wide range of contemporary research to redefine culture and demonstrate the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizational goals "--