Barriers to Effective Business Communication

This document discusses the common challenges and barriers to effective communication in business. It covers semantic, psychological, physical, and mechanical barriers and provides strategies to overcome them. It also emphasizes the importance of cultural awareness in improving communication.

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Barriers to effective
communication faced by Business
United.
Semantic barrier - Students miss
not being able to communicate in
their own language and due to lock
down students have to travel to
their home countries and are
getting homesick.
Psychological barrier/ emotional
barrier - Students faced
challenges of studying in isolation
at home and this demotivated
them.
Physical barrier/ noise barrier -
While taking lecturers on Zoom
there are various interruptions and
a lot of time is wasted on irrelevant
materials.
Mechanical/ technical barrier -
Poor Wi-Fi and old laptops are the
mechanical barrier which takes
long period to load files.
Effective strategies for overcoming
communication barriers.
Making more diverse
environment – The students come
from different cultures and
background therefore efforts must
be made to learn with different
cultures.
Conducting motivational sessions
- Motivational sessions frequently
so that students do get demoralize.
The source of noise must
be discovered - actions
must be taken to reduce or
eliminate the noises.
Ensuring proper
functioning of medium -
Proper checking of the
medium must be done to
ensure it working
condition.
Importance of cultural
awareness.
Helps in growing
understanding of
different cultures.
Helps in taking effective
decisions.
Enhances your personal
as well as professional
skills.
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NOTES
Common challenges and barriers to effective communication
Communication refers to sharing of information, facts, ideas from one person to another
and while conveying there are various barriers and challenges that can occur between the sender
and receiver. There are various types of barrier such as:
 Semantic barrier –- The barrier related to language and symbols which occurs while
communicating such as poor message quality, cultural difference, faulty transmission,
issue due to technical language etc (Vdovychenko, 2019).
 Psychological barrier or emotional barrier – These barriers relate to obstacles in
delivery because of the psychology and state of mind of the communicators.
 Physical barrier –. These barriers occur due to distance of noise at the time of
communication. Students of Business United also felt uncomfortable sitting in front of
the screen for long hours.
 Mechanical or technical barrier – These barriers relate to technical problems that
comes in transmitting the message.
Effective strategies for overcoming communication barriers
There are various strategies for overcoming the communication barriers such as:
 Making more diverse environment – There are various types of cultural and social
barriers therefore efforts should be made to reduce the same by increasing the
interactions and launching courses for learning new languages (Akhmetshin. and et.al.,
2017).
 Conducting motivational sessions – Another way to overcome these barriers is to teach
people to accept the things which are not in control.
 The source of noise must be discovered – To overcome the barrier related to noise first
the source of noise must be identified and actions must be taken to reduce or eliminate
the same.
 Ensuring proper functioning of medium – The medium through which communication
is done must be proper checked and it must be ensured that they are updated and in good
working condition.
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The importance of cultural awareness.
Cultural awareness is becoming sensitive towards different cultures and also respecting
them. It is becoming aware and understand the difference among cultures, people and values and
respecting the same (Stancikas, 2019). The following are the importance of cultural awareness:
 Helps individual to act in coordination with different cultures.
 By becoming aware of different cultures helps in taking effective decisions and improves
interaction with others.
 It helps the individual to adapt to new situations and helps them in adjusting and making
new friends.
REFERENCES
Vdovychenko, O., 2019. CULTURAL BARRIERS IN COMMUNICATION. Архів матеріалів
міжнародних наукових конференцій.
Akhmetshin, E.M. and et.al., 2017. Overcoming of intercultural barriers in the educational
environment. Man in India. 97(15). pp.281-288.
Stancikas, E., 2019. Cultural awareness concept and content in adult self-education. Journal of
Contemporary Education Theory & Research. 3(2). pp.24-28.
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