Business Communication: Challenges, Barriers, and Solutions

This report analyzes the challenges and barriers to effective business communication faced by Business United. It identifies various types of barriers, including physical (noise, time), technical (Wi-Fi issues, outdated technology), noise, cultural (language differences, differing cultural symbols), and semantic barriers (body language, word choice). The report emphasizes the importance of cultural awareness, highlighting its role in better understanding, cross-cultural acceptance, and avoiding misunderstandings. It then proposes strategies to overcome these barriers, such as using clear language, active listening, paying attention to non-verbal cues, encouraging student questions, using visual aids, providing notes in PDF format, and ensuring reliable network connectivity. The report includes references to relevant academic sources supporting the analysis and proposed solutions.

Business Communication

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Challenges and barriers to effective communication
There are different types of challenges and
barriers faces by Business United which are as follows
Physical barriers- distortion, noise, time, space and
others
Technical barriers- limited access to data, issue of wi-fi,
use of old technology
Noise barriers- physical noise, inattentiveness, and
others
Cultural barriers- language issue, difference in cultures
of students, use of same symbol but having different
meaning in various cultures and others.
Semantic Barrier- body language, wrong choice of
word, spelling errors, double meaning words and others.
Importance of cultural awareness
There is many importance of cultural awareness
which need to analysed and complied by Business
United. This importance are as follows-
 Helps for better understandings
 Creates cross cultural acceptance
 Assist in understanding our own culture
 Influence many parts of peoples
 Evaluation of thing in different ways taken
place
 Avoid misunderstandings (Hartley and
Elowitz, 2020)

Strategies for overcoming the barriers
 Use simple and clear words in notes and
lectures so receiver can understand the
message properly (Akhmetshin and et.al.,
2017)
 Active listening can help in effective
communication
 Pay more attention on non- verbal
communication
 Continuously ask question from students
 Use colourful pictures and poster in notes for
better understandings
 Provides notes in proper PDF format one day
before class
 Provide modems to students and teacher for
network connectivity
REFERENCES
Akhmetshin, E.M., and et.al., 2017. Overcoming of
intercultural barriers in the educational environment.
Man in India. 97(15). pp.281-288.
Hartley, B.R. and Elowitz, E., 2020. Barriers to the
enhancement of effective communication in
neurosurgery. World neurosurgery. 133. pp.466-473.

REFERENCES
Books and journal
Akhmetshin, E.M., and et.al., 2017. Overcoming of intercultural barriers in the educational
environment. Man in India. 97(15). pp.281-288.
Altun, M. and Anwar, E.N., 2021. Physiological Barriers to Communication within
Organizations. Black Sea Journal of Management and Marketing, 2(1), pp.47-54.
Hartley, B.R. and Elowitz, E., 2020. Barriers to the enhancement of effective communication in
neurosurgery. World neurosurgery. 133. pp.466-473.
Kapur, R., 2018. Barriers to effective communication. Retrieved April, 14, p.2019.
Kelton, D., and et.al., 2020. MP43: Evaluating factors related to quality of audio transmission
during mandatory paramedic patches and technical barriers to efficient communication in
the prehospital setting. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(S1), pp.S58-S58.
Namhata, R. and Patnaik, P., 2019. The ‘verticals’,‘horizontals’, and ‘diagonals’ in
organisational communication: developing models to mitigate communication barriers
through social media applications. In Digital Business (pp. 343-373). Springer, Cham.
Santalova, M.S., Lesnikova, E.P., Nechaeva, S.N., Borshcheva, A.V. and Charykova, O.G.,
2018, April. Information hindrances and communication barriers in project interactions.
In International Conference Project “The future of the Global Financial System:
Downfall of Harmony” (pp. 273-281). Springer, Cham.