Effective Communication in Universities: Theories, Barriers, and Strategies

Business
Communication

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Discuss some general theories of organisational communication...............................................5
Evaluate the barriers preventing students from returning to campus..........................................6
Outline the strategies your university has implemented to overcome these barriers.................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

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TASK 1
Common challenges and barriers to effective communication
Communication is a medium of exchange of information by one person to another one.
but in the process of effective communication various hurdle arises which hindered the
efficacious of the communication such are as follows:
 Language barrier: It considered as one of the major barrier in effective communication.
As different place have different language which cause hurdle in making communication
because the sender and receiver cannot understand each others language.
 Intellectual barrier: at the time of communication psychological factor plays an
important role because it helps in understanding the message of sender wants to deliver to
the receiver. Lack of intellectual cause problem in delivering the message. There are
certain psychological issues which person faced like speech disorder, stage fear, phobia
etc. which create difficulty in effective communication (Álvarez Jaramillo, et.al 2019).
 Hysterical barriers: it is also consider as one of the major barrier in making
communication. Emotional barrier affects the emotional IQ of individuals which provides
the comfort zone through which person can communicate. The people who have strong
emotional IQ can effectively put their point which they intent to communicate. It is a
combination of emotion and facts certain emotional like anger, humour etc. can affect the
decision making power of the person.
 Organisation's structured barrier: effective communication also hinder due to level of
hierarchy in organisation's: As the information passes through various channels which on
its last channel information either alter or misinform.
 Attitude barriers: It also considered as one of the important challenge while making
effective communication because certain people like socialization while some people like
reservedness which cause hindrance in communication due to their in consider ate
behaviour.
Effective strategies for overcoming communication barriers.