▁having ▁high ▁quality ▁meet ings . ▁In ▁general , ▁the ▁cultural ▁focus ▁tends ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁syn er gy ▁and ▁cre ativity ▁over ▁efficiency . ▁ ▁A ▁final ▁cultural ▁time ▁view ▁is ▁a ▁cy clic al ▁time ▁view . ▁In ▁cy clic al ▁cult ures , ▁time ▁is ▁considered ▁neither ▁linear ▁nor ▁event ▁related . ▁Because ▁days , ▁months , ▁years , ▁seasons , ▁and ▁events ▁happen ▁in ▁regular ▁repet itive ▁occurr ences , ▁time ▁is ▁viewed ▁as ▁cy clic al . ▁In ▁this ▁view , ▁time ▁is ▁not ▁seen ▁as ▁was ted ▁because ▁it ▁will ▁always ▁come ▁back ▁later , ▁hence , ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁un limited ▁amount ▁of ▁it . ▁This ▁cy clic al ▁time ▁view ▁is ▁pre val ent ▁throughout ▁most ▁countries ▁in ▁Asia ▁including ▁Japan , ▁China , ▁and ▁Tib et . ▁It ▁is ▁more ▁important ▁in ▁cult ures ▁with ▁cy clic al ▁concepts ▁of ▁time ▁to ▁complete ▁tasks ▁correctly , ▁therefore , ▁most ▁people ▁will ▁spend ▁more ▁time ▁thinking ▁about ▁dec isions ▁and ▁the ▁impact ▁they ▁will ▁have ▁before ▁acting ▁on ▁their ▁plans . ▁Most ▁people ▁in ▁cy clic al ▁cult ures ▁tend ▁to ▁understand ▁that ▁other ▁cult ures ▁have ▁different ▁pers pect ives ▁of ▁time ▁and ▁are ▁cogn iz ant ▁of ▁this ▁when ▁acting ▁on ▁a ▁global ▁stage . ▁ ▁Creating ▁an ▁effective ▁environment ▁Some ▁time - management ▁literature ▁str esses ▁tasks ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁an ▁environment ▁condu ci ve ▁to ▁" real " ▁effect iveness . ▁These ▁strateg ies ▁include ▁principles ▁such ▁as :