Barriers For Effective Communications

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Barriers of Effective Communication Mildred Cooks CJA-304 December 22, 2010 Eddie Gordon Barriers of Effective Communication Communication can be defined in many ways. The way the meaning is interpreted depends solely on the person who is doing providing the definition. A person who has the ability to speak will have a different definition than a person who is hearing impaired. A vision impaired individual would not have the same definition as the hearing impaired person. One definition of communication is the process in which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior. Talking is not the only form of communication; although it may be the most common. Within these forms of communications there can be barriers that are birthed that may cause difficulties in carrying out the communication process. According to JISC RSC Scotland N & E. (2007), several factors influence the effectiveness of communications; they can be categorized into three main factors: physical barriers, system design faults and additional barriers. In addition, there are also other barriers those common barriers such as culture, language, ethics, and many others. * Physical Barriers This type of barriers is often because of the nature of the environment (JISC RSC Scotland N & E., 2007). For instances, a company may located in five-storey building. The company has many departments that located in different level in the building, each has tens to hundreds people. We can imagine that there will be some miscommunication when they meet in a forum or a sharing session since they rarely meet and talk. Another situation occurs when the company has many departments; each has particular business process and objective. When staffs of the organization, says ones from sales department try to interact with their counterparts in
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