In his 1871 book, Primitive Culture, Edward B. Tylor defined culture as “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man [woman] as a member of society.”1 There are layers within a culture called subcultures.
In a corporate culture, there are subcultures such as engineering, operations, safety, health, environmental, management, executive, business units, human resources, etc. Each of these subcultures has their own knowledge, beliefs, art, laws, morals, customs, capabilities and habits that are practiced and exhibited by each member of the subculture.