Barriers To Communication

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Barriers to Effective Communication Essay Corina Cardenas Axia College of University of Phoenix CJA 304/Week One Lilah Blackstone December 12, 2011 Barriers to Effective Communication Essay Communication is the process that conveys information with a certain meaning. The process requires a sender, a message, and a receiver. The process can be complete once the recipient understands the information that was send. Communication is an essential factor for any organization to succeed, but to achieve effective communication there are different barriers that an organization can face and can make the process of communication difficult. Communication is crucial in the criminal justice system from the chief to a rookie; they need to be able to communicate in any existing way to accomplish their duties and obligations. Verbal and nonverbal communications are part of their knowledge and can determine the effectiveness of their communication process. Communicating is a critical skill in any law enforcement agency. The basis of any communication is the interaction between individuals; some of the principal components are the context, the sender, the message, the medium, the recipient, and the feedback. The context can be cultural, physical, chronological, or social. The sender is the person that sends the message. The message is the idea send. The medium is the appropriate way to exchange or transmit the message. The decoder is who or to who the message is target and the feedback is one of the main part of the communication process, it helps the sender to confirm the efficacy of the message that can be verbal or nonverbal. Verbal communication is the fact of communicating face to face between individuals of using any type of technologies such as, cell phones, video chats, etc. Nonverbal communication is the exchanging of information through different forms such
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