Download Barriers to Effective Communication

By:
Cherry Dale D. Daumar
What is Communication??
• requires a sender, a message, and an intended
recipient, although the receiver need not be present
or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at
the time of communication; thus communication can
occur across vast distances in time and space.
Communication requires that the communicating
parties share an area of communicative
commonality. The communication process is
complete once the receiver has understood the
sender
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication
What is Barrier?
• the word “barrier” means hindrances or
hurdles or difficulties or problem
• Barriers or hurdles or problems on the
way which adversely affect the
transmission of information from sender
to receiver.
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communication
Common Barriers to Communication
 Physical barriers
 language barriers
 Cultural barriers
 Emotional barriers
 Individual barriers
 Lack of subject knowledge
 stress
 Attitudinal barrier
 Channel barrier
Physical Barriers
 Communication does not
consist of words alone. Another
set of barriers is caused by your
own physical appearance, your
audience, or the context of the
document or the presentation.
Your ideas, however good and
however skillfully imparted, are
at the mercy of various
potential physical barriers.
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Language Barrier
• Inability to converse in a
language that is known by both
the sender and receiver is the
greatest barrier to effective
communication. When a person
uses inappropriate words while
conversing or writing, it could
lead to misunderstanding
between the sender and a
receiver.
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/barriers-to-effectivecommunication.html
Cultural Barrier
• This include age, education,
gender, social status,
economic position, cultural
background, temperament,
health, popularity, religion,
political belief, ethics, values,
motives, assumptions,
aspirations, rules/regulations,
standards, priorities can
separate on person from
another and create a barrier.
Emotional barrier
• the major category of barriers
that may make effective
communication difficult. These
barriers are basically characterizes
by suspicion, mistrust and fear
• While a little amount of fear and
lack of trust might be necessary,
excess of these things is not good
and prevents one from doing a lot
of things including difficulty in
communicating effectively.
http://www.blurtit.com/q825357.html
Lack of subject knowledge
• It may be a result of an individual's
perceptual and personal discomfort.
Even when two persons have
experienced the same event their
mental perception may/may not be
identical which acts as a barrier. Style,
selective perception, halo effect, poor
attention and retention,
defensiveness, close mindedness,
insufficient filtration are the
Individual or Psychological barrier.
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Stress
• One of the major communication
barriers faced by employees in most of
the organization is stress. When a
person is under immense stress, he
may find it difficult to understand the
message, leading to communication
distortion. At the time of stress, our
psychological frame of mind depends
on our beliefs, experiences, goals and
values. Thus, we fail to realize the
essence of communication.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/barriersto-effective-communication.html
Channel barrier
• If the length of the communication is
long, or the medium selected is
inappropriate, the communication
might break up; it can also be a result
of the inter-personal conflicts
between the sender and receiver; lack
of interest to communicate;
information sharing or access
problems which can hamper the
channel and affect the clarity,
accuracy and effectiveness.
http://EzineArticles.com/1210011
Attitudinal barrier
• t comes about as a result of
problems with staff in the
organization. Limitation in physical
and mental ability, intelligence,
understanding, pre-conceived
notions, and distrusted source
divides the attention and create a
mechanical barrier which affects the
attitude and opinion.
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OTHER COMMON BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION INCLUDE:
• Psychological factors
• Physiological barriers
• Individual linguistic ability
Individual linguistic ability
• is also important. The use of difficult or
inappropriate words in communication can
prevent people from understanding the
message.
• Poorly explained or misunderstood messages
can also result in confusion. We can all think
of situations where we have listened to
something explained which we just could not
grasp.
Psychological factors
• such as people's state of mind. We all tend to
feel happier and more receptive to
information when the sun shines.
• Equally, if someone has personal problems like
worries about their health or marriage, then
this will probably affect them.
Physiological barriers
• may result from individuals' personal
discomfort, caused, for example, by ill health,
poor eye sight or hearing difficulties.
References
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