Communication barriers and strategies to overcome them

Communication barriers and
strategies to overcome them
as well as showing cultural
awareness

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Common challenges and barriers to effective communication...................................................1
Strategies for overcoming communication barriers....................................................................2
Awareness of cultural influences on communication and negotiation........................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
For having an effective communication in the organisation, companies have to focus on
the cultural difference and have to work in order to overcome the barriers of communication.
Present study is based on the company Mr Fishy that is a fish and chips restaurant in Borough
market near London Bridge station. Report will include Common challenges and barriers to
effective communication and Strategies for overcoming communication barriers. Report will also
include awareness of cultural influences on communication and negotiation.
Common challenges and barriers to effective communication
There are different challenges and Barriers for Mr Fishy in bringing an effective
communication in the organisation due to tensions with respect to the possibility of Brexit as it
have major effect on the relation between the British and non-British staff members at Mr Fishy.
As cultural differences are seen and different age group people are working together, different
conflicts arise in the firm(Hedman and Valo, 2015).
The different challenges are as follows:-
 Inconsistency of communication:- As communication plays the most important role in
spreading the words as message and is filtered down. Due to Brexit there are chances that
lack of clarity may is there and this results in inconsistency as working staff may begin to
assume meaning and may relay incorrect information.
 Relying on technology to disseminate message:- Due to Brexit there are chances that,
staff members take use of Email and intranet in order to have faceless communication as
they are not interested to speak face to face with other members due to cultural
differences.
 Lack of respect:- As diverse background of employees is seen in Mr Fishy, it may result
in different misunderstandings if staff members do not respect each other. Employees
have to share their experience, must have respect for one another then only the
communication can be beneficial to them and Mr fishy.
 Not listening to employees:- Managers may become fixated to the goals and they do not
listen to the employees either about their ideas or problems they are facing. If working
staff feel ignored then they may not get engaged in effective communication.
The different Barriers are as follows:-
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