Business Communication Report: Challenges and Strategies for Success

This report examines the challenges and barriers encountered in business communication, particularly within the context of online classes. It identifies various types of barriers, including technical issues like poor internet connectivity and software compatibility, emotional challenges such as long sessions and lack of interaction, physical discomfort from prolonged screen time, and noise distractions. Furthermore, it explores the impact of cultural differences on communication effectiveness. The report proposes strategies to overcome these barriers, such as providing better internet access, dividing lectures into shorter segments, and fostering interactive sessions. It also highlights the importance of cultural awareness in creating an inclusive and diverse learning environment. The report references several academic sources to support its analysis and recommendations.

Business Communication

Business Communication
Challenges and barriers to effective
communication
Different types of barriers that Business United
that came across while carrying out the online
classes are given below.
Technical barriers:
 Poor internet connectivity.
 Difference in the version of laptop.
Emotional barriers:
 Long sessions tiring and boring.
 Lack of one on one interaction.
Physical barriers:
 Looking at the screen for a long time.
 Wrong posture leading to headache.
Noise barriers:
 Continuous problem of disturbance
created by students.
 Wastage of time in irrelevant things
Importance of cultural awareness
Brings equality and diversity.
Contribute in the diverse working
environment.
Students become open-minded
related to the diverse range of the
opinions and thoughts.

Strategies for overcoming the barriers
 College can provide internet modems
to teachers and students so that they
can have better internet connection.
 Learning materials can be sent to the
students before beginning of the class.
 Dividing lectures into short sessions
with breaks in between.
 Having interactive session with
students for relaxation. REFERENCES
Kebritchi, M., Lipschuetz, A. and
Santiague, L., 2017. Issues and
challenges for teaching successful
online courses in higher
education: A literature
review. Journal of Educational
Technology Systems. 46(1). pp.4-
29.
Adnan, M. and Anwar, K., 2020.
Online Learning amid the
COVID-19 Pandemic: Students'
Perspectives. Online
Submission. 2(1). pp.45-51.
Welzer, T. and et.al, 2017, May.
Cultural awareness in research
and teaching. In Proceedings
Cross-Cultural Business
Conference 2017 (pp. 289-296).
Shaker Verlag.

Challenges and barriers to effective communication
There are different types of barriers that Business United that came across while carrying
out the online classes which has affected the experience of the students, details of which are
stated below.
Technical barriers: The major problem is the availability of poor internet connection
which is on the part of both teachers and students leading to missing out parts of the lessons
along with this, the version of laptop being used by the students often results into taking longer
time than before.
Emotional barriers: In the long sessions, students gets tired and bored because of the
lack of proper interaction with their peers and teachers (Kebritchi, Lipschuetz and Santiague,
2017). Also, students also feel demotivated as there is lack of one on one interaction and started
feeling isolated.
Physical barriers: This barrier is also crucial as looking at the screen for a long time and
in the same posture has resulted into increase in headache problem along with the back pain.
Noise barriers: In online teaching, there is a continuous problem of disturbance in the
lecture which results into constantly affecting the lectures (Adnan and Anwar, 2020). Along with
this, it also involves wasting lot of time in irrelevance things which consequently leads to losing
focus from the course work.
Cultural barriers: The online teaching is also affected by the cultural issue, as students
miss communication with their peers in their language and some have travelled to other places
just before the lock down and are feeling homesick. These factors have created barriers in
effective communication and learnings.
Strategies for overcoming the barriers
In order to overcome the technical barriers, the college can provide internet modems to
teachers and students so that they can have better internet connection also, learning materials can
be sent to the students before beginning of the class so that everyone can download it and
reducing burden on internet usage. The lectures can be divided into short sessions with breaks in
between so that students can relax. The teachers should ignore the disturbances and focus on
teaching. After the lecture, the students and teachers can have an interactive session where they
can communicate in their language feely which will help in making their mind relax.
Importance of cultural awareness

While working and learning among the people of various cultures and backgrounds
especially who are present in the classroom and thus, this makes it can important topic that the
students need to gain an understanding about. This results into bringing equality and diversity
and teaches students pertaining to how to make use of their strengths and points which will
contribute in the diverse working environment (Welzer and et.al, 2017). Cultural awareness
makes students open-minded related to the diverse range of the opinions and thoughts. By
learning different cultures in their education will make them more comfortable and safe later in
life. With the globalization, it is crucial to be able to work with people of various cultural
backgrounds. Learning cultural awareness in class will set them to flourish in the workplace.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kebritchi, M., Lipschuetz, A. and Santiague, L., 2017. Issues and challenges for teaching
successful online courses in higher education: A literature review. Journal of
Educational Technology Systems. 46(1). pp.4-29.
Adnan, M. and Anwar, K., 2020. Online Learning amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Students'
Perspectives. Online Submission. 2(1). pp.45-51.
Welzer, T. and et.al, 2017, May. Cultural awareness in research and teaching. In Proceedings
Cross-Cultural Business Conference 2017 (pp. 289-296). Shaker Verlag.