The barriers to communication

• Communication is a process beginning with a sender who encodes the message and passes it through some channel to the receiver who decodes the message.

• Communication is fruitful if and only if the messages sent by the sender are interpreted with same meaning by the receiver.

• If any kind of disturbance blocks any step of communication, the message will be destroyed. Due to such disturbances, managers in an organization face severe problems

• The main barriers of communication are summarized below.

• Barriers to communication result in undesirable reaction and unfavorable response.

• The communication exercise fails because the feedback is absent or falls short of expectation

• Barriers to communication are caused by environmental, physical, semantic, attitudinal and varying perceptions of reality

Environmental and Physical barriers• (a) Time – adopt appropriate fast channels of

communication

• (b) Space – maintain the distance in the communication exercise as determined by the situation

• (c) Place – Avoid overcrowded incommodious and ill-lit, ill- ventilated places to achieve effective communication

• (d) Medium – Choose the appropriate medium oral / written (sign (audio/visual) medium.

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Semantic Barriers• – Choose the correct

and precise word depending on context and the receiver’s felicity in the use of language.

• Cultural Barriers:

Understand and accept the cultural variations in individuals and groups. Appreciate them and adopt your communication style to them.

• IV. Psychological Barriers:

• Try to understand the receiver’s mental make-up and attitudes.

• V. Perception of Reality: Try to understand the different levels of perceptions of a situation and an issue. Be open, flexible and transparent

Social barrier

• Social barriers to communication include the social psychological phenomenon of conformity; a process in which the norms, values and behaviours of an individual begin to follow those of the wider group

Overcoming Communication Barriers

• Use of Simple Language:.

• Active Listening.

• Emotional State:

• Flexibility in meeting the targets

• Simple Organizational Structure:

• Avoid Information Overload:

• Give Constructive Feedback.

• Proper Media Selection

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