中西文化差异对比 演示文稿.pptx

Themonochronic time and polychronic time1、What are they?2、What are the differences?3、Where do they live ?4、our opinionsWhat are the monochronic time and polychronic time ? Monochronic time: it means paying attention to and doing only Thing at a time. Polychronic time: it means being involved with many things at once.Now,let us see the differences.Polychronic time:Monochroic time:Do one thing at a time and concentrate on the job:Take time commitments(deadlines,schedules) seriously;Are low-context and need information;Are committed to the job;Adhere reliously to plans:Are concentrated about not disturbling-others;Follow rules of privacy and consideration;Show great respect for private property;Seldom borrow or lend;Emphasize promptness :are accustomed to short-term relationshipsDo many thing at a time are highly distractive and subject to interruptionsConsider time commitments an objective to be achieved,if possible are high-context and already have informationAre committed to people and human relationshipsChange plans often and easilyAre more concerned with those who are closely relater(family,friends,closebusiness associates)than with privacyBorrow and lend things often and easilyBase promptness on the relationshipHave strong tendency to build lifetimerelationshipOh , time !Different attitudes bring about different influences .Now ,we can see :Western countries are especially dominated by the iron hand of monochronic time, such as America , England , Switzerland , Germany , Scandinavia and so on .And in the east ,many countries live a easy life because of the opinion of polychronic time .our country is typical , I think.Oh ,my friend ,do you think why this happened ?The first ,traditions: our traditions are different. We are base on the farm , but they are on the commodity, so we are careless about time ,but they are not;Second, different culture lead to these. western culture is a culture of