Context
This describes the totality that people rely on when they are making decisions. A low A monochronic-oriented culture perceives time as linear and structured. It is a construct that moves on one plane, in one direction. In cultures like the US, time is to be scheduled, managed, organized and accounted for. In cultures with a polychromic orientation, time consists of many events occurring at the same time with many people. It is not linear, but rather a state of being. Polychronic cultures, like China, focus less on the precision and accounting of time than on relationships and traditions. The time dimension in culture also includes where the focus of time lies — past, present, or future.