Many covert and implicit messages, with use of metaphor and readinMonochronic time
M-Time, as he called it, means doing one thing at a time. It assumes careful planning and scheduling and is a familiar Western approach that appears in disciplines such as 'time management'.
Monochronic people tend also to be low context.
Polychronic time
In Polychronic cultures, human interaction is valued over time and material things, leading to a lesser concern for 'getting things done' -- they do get done, but more in their own time.
Aboriginal and Native Americans have typical polychronic cultures, where 'talking stick' meetings can go on for as long as somebody has something to say.
Polychronic people tend also to be high context.g between the lines.