Communication Essay - Importance, Barriers, Self-awareness and Cross-cultural Communication

Running head: COMMUNICATION ESSAY
COMMUNICATION ESSAY
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1COMMUNICATION ESSAY
Communication is often taken to be an important aspect of any business process.
Communication is the key to success in any kind of a formal as well as an informal
relationship. With respect to this, it is important to undertake a study which is concerned with
effective communication so that the knowledge gained in the subject might be used
effectively and applied in the future corporate endeavours (Beebe and Mottet 2013).
Therefore, the primary aim of the reflective essay is to highlight my reflections on the various
themes as discussed in the coursework based on the guidelines to effective communication,
barriers to communication, ethical decision making along with self-awareness and cross
cultural communication.
According to Greenaway et al. (2015), effective communication can be rightfully
defined as the communication which takes place between two or more individuals whereby
the message which had to be passed from one individual to the other is understood and the
feedback is received. I believe that communication is considered to be an effective aspect of
corporate life but it has been only after understanding its true meaning in the Unit coursework
that I have been successfully been able to develop my thoughts into it and understand the
extent to which good communication can foster good business environment. I have learnt that
it is only when the communication is at the same level for all the employees. The company
can achieve commercial success (Chaturvedi 2013). According to me, I now understand that
effective communication also comprises of skills of nonverbal communication, emotional
clarity and an analysis of the other person’s mindset. Having attained this knowledge, in the
future I aim to apply the principles of effective communication in my workplace, using which
I will be successfully able to ensure that I am successful in progressing in my career.
Additionally, with respect to Barriers to communication, I learnt in this unit that there
are several barriers to communication whether in an organization or outside an organization.

2COMMUNICATION ESSAY
These barriers can be rightfully categorized into different domains like the Semantic barriers,
Personal barriers, Organizational barriers and emotional barriers. According to..., the
semantic barriers can be described as those barriers, whereby there tends to exist a
misunderstanding between the sender and receiver due to misinterpretation of the words used
in the communication. In an organization, the most common types of barriers which take
place are organizational barriers which exist due to the restriction in the flow of
communication (Bishop et al. 2013). Moreover the personal and the emotional barriers can be
rightfully described as the barriers whereby the opinions and attitudes of an individual tend to
hinder the individual from communicating effectively and ensuring success in the long run of
the business enterprise. I have learnt that although there are various barriers in these
communication domains, a right approach to these barriers can assist the firm from gaining
success. From this theme in the unit, I have gained the knowledge, that no communication is
simple and that although there might take various barriers to communication, any manager
should overcome them to gain success in the long run.
According to Steidle and Werth (2014), self-awareness is the capability and
cornerstone to intelligence which is emotional in nature. It can be described as the capability
which is rightfully possessed by an individual and assists the person in recognizing
themselves as a separate entity from the environment and other related individuals. If an
individual is good at self-awareness then that person will be successfully able to monitor ones
emption and understand oneself better. This in turn will help the individual to be at peace
with one self and to manage the thoughts, behaviors and emotions successfully. In this unit, I
learnt that self-awareness in an individual is considered to be an important property or
characteristic which can assist the person in adapting to the different situations which take
place in the business. Hence, with the help of the theoretical knowledge which I have gained
in this unit, I will try to improve myself and get control over my emotions.