pt. 1. Organizational culture and leadership defined : The concept of organizational culture: why bother? ; The levels of culture ; Cultures in organizations: two case examples ; How culture emerges in new groups -- pt. 2. The dimensions of culture : Assumptions about external adaptation issues ; Assumptions about managing internal integration ; Deeper cultural assumptions about reality and truth ; Assumptions about the nature of time and space ; Assumptions about human nature, activity and relationships ; Culture typologies ; Deciphering culture -- pt. 3. The leadership role in Culture building, embedding, and evolving ; How leaders begin culture creation ; How leaders embed and transmit culture ; The changing role of leadership in organizational "midlife" ; What leaders need to know about how culture changes ; A conceptual model for managed culture change ; Assessing cultural dimensions: a ten-step intervention ; A case of organizational (cultural?) change ; The learning culture and the learning leader.