Business Communication: Theories, Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them

This report discusses the importance of effective business communication, theories of organizational communication, barriers that discourage students from studying abroad, and strategies universities can implement to overcome them. It also provides recommendations for effective communication at the organizational and student level.

Business Communication

Abstract
The overall report is about the business communication and its related aspects as well. The report
basically consist of general theories of organisational communication and also about barriers
discouraging students from studying abroad. The report also consist of the strategies the
university has implemented to overcome these barriers.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................4
Organisational communication General theories...................................................................4
Assess the barriers which discourages students from studying in abroad ...................5
Outline strategies that university has implemented to overcome these barriers ...................6
Recommendations ................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Communication of business can be defined as the procedure of information sharing
between people outside the organisation and within the workplace as well. Effective
communication of business is how employees and management interact for reaching towards the
organisational goals. When there is excellent level of communication skills within the business
environment then it contribute towards personal growth, enhances the performance at work and
the overall job satisfaction as well(Blewitt and et.al., 2018). The report basically consist of the
theories of general nature of organisational communication and also about the problems which
discourages students from studying abroad. In addition to this, the report also consist of the
strategies that university has implemented in order to overcome these barriers.
MAIN BODY
Organisational communication General theories
Communication theories basically provides the way of talking and also analyses the key
processes, events and commitments which together forms the communication. At the
organisational level, it is very important to use the general theories of communication which
needs to be implemented into effective terms. There are different organisational communication
theories which has been defined into the following manner:
 Bureaucracy Theory: It is the theory assumes as the approach of hierarchical nature
where staff member of the reports of company to the above other up to that extent when
conversation reaches to the top level. In accordance to the theories, it has been observed
that the company should assume the structure of impersonal nature organisation should
presume the structure of impersonal nature and also need to have proper regulations that
controls not only the behaviours of emotional nature of employees which reason them to
respond into irrational terms. It also safeguard the normal workers common employees
from the powerfulness abusement by those who are in the upper levels of the structure.
Public service, The Central Intelligence Agency are all the examples of bureaucratic
organisations.
 Authority of Acceptance theory : This theory was given by the Chester Barnard and he
also argued the functions of three that has been service by the organisation of informal
nature (Bolten., 2020). It basically include, cohesiveness maintenance of the organisation

of formal nature, communication and self respect and the personal integrity feelings
maintenance. It is the theory which comes to organisational conversation from the school
of human relation. It is significant to communication at the organisational level because it
does not only emphasis the requirement to introduce all the associate of organisation with
effectual communication channels . It also marks the significance of conventional
transmission of communicating in order to link each the organisational associate along
with every individualist inside the organisation coverage to. He also stresses that the
communication lines must be as door-to-door as accomplish able for increasing the rate
of communication and to drop-off the deformation as well.
 Theory of General systems : This theory was developed by the Ludwig von Bertalanffly
and also accountable for the world interrelationship and viewing the world into holistic
terms. According to this theory, it views the organisation as the group of combined
numerous system whose interlocking and independent surround are held jointly through
human activity(Chen and et.al., 2020). The theory also explains that the similar type of
exchange of communication that occurs within the extremity of an organisation. It also
flow between the external environment and entity the along with processes of
transactional. It basically include the labour, transfer of energy, information, resources,
and money.
These are the theories of organisational communication which needs to be followed by the
organisation and needs to be implemented at the organisational level.
Assess the barriers which discourages students from studying in abroad
There are different kinds of barriers which discourages students from studying abroad
which are defined into the following manner:
 Cultural barriers: For the purpose of study, when students go abroad then they have
observed differences into the culture of new country and their home country as
well(Klimova and et.al., 2019). Students have to face problems into context of food,
dress, communication and the surrounding environment as well.
 Time difference barrier: Students have to face struggle into context of time where they
have to speak with lots of difficulty with their friends and family due to differences
between countries. They have to also face the home sickness and loneliness as well.

 Language barrier: In the new country, it is very difficult for students to understand the
lessons into foreign language. It has been observed that students felt their marks were
suffering because it was very hard for them to communicate into the second language.
 Lack of common experience: Students have to face struggle into context of that
parameter where they did not found very common with the other native students (Naidoo
and Dulek., 2022). They have to face differences in terms of clothes, food, hobbies and
music.
These are the barriers which discourages students from studying abroad into positive manner.
Outline strategies that university has implemented to overcome these barriers
There is requirement of effective strategies which will support the students in order to get
education from abroad. It has been observed that students require qualitative education and all
the students who have the calibre will be able to do the same through overcoming all barriers.
The foreign universities have to take proper actions and also design the strategies which will help
them into positive manner and these strategies are defined into the following terms:
 There is an important role of communication which help the students in staying
motivated and also manage the work into effective terms so that better results can be
achieved into positive terms. It is necessary to interact with students on the regular basis
as it requires to build relations with them. The university has to also take actions in order
to communicate into regular terms with students so that better results can be attained.
 The students must be provided with benefits of carrying out the education on the
international level so that they feel attracted towards the plan(Schartel Dunn and Lane.,
2019). The university must be also provided with other options and placement which are
beneficial for the growth of students and support them in terms of taking interest and
study as well.
 At the university level, financial assistance must be provided so barrier of finance can be
eliminated. There are different courses which provides different option so that students
can choose according to their financial position which help them to take the course from
abroad.
 The use of digital media is also significant for the students and for raising the awareness.
It will help in terms of providing motivation to the students in order to carry out their

studies at the international level. The use of right platform will also support in terms of
engaging students and also study them as well.
Recommendations
It has been recommended that there is requirement of effective communication at the
organisational level. Students also need effective communication so they able to understand the
lessons and learn them into effective terms as well. It is also necessary that to have good level of
communication within the organisation as it requires to take effective decisions(Wang and et.al.,
2020). The overall process of communication must be used in such a manner that students can
be taught into effective terms. The overall process of communication is used in such a manner
that teaching can be done into result oriented form. Students also feel motivated to study at the
level of international so they are excited to go out and also study despite the barriers that they
have faced.
CONCLUSION
From the above stated report it has been concluded that communication of business is
very significant at the level of organisation. There are different kinds of theories of
organisational communication. There are different kinds of barriers which students have to face
at the international level which studying in abroad. There are different kinds of barriers which
creates hindrance for students for completing their education into proper manner. It has been
determined that there are certain strategies which help the students in overcoming the barriers
while implementing solutions at the university level. So in the overall manner, business
communication is very important in order to have effective level of communication. Without
having proper communication it becomes very challenging to work into successful terms at the
organisational level.

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