Time
Hall categorized cultures by their members' attitude to the concept of time. According to his theory, there can be monochronous and polychronous cultures.
People from monochronous cultures usually do one thing at a time. Careful planning and scheduling is often present. Members of monochronous cultures have difficulties with starting something new, when they still have not finished another activity. Germany, USA, Scandinavian countries are among countries with such kind of cultures. In polychronous cultures human interaction is valued over time and material things. Being punctual is not that important in these cultures. People from such cultures pay more attention to human relations and do not mind doing several things at the same time. Such cultures are present in Latin America, Middle East, Russia.