Barries to Effective Communication

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BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION FRANCIS TUCKER CJA/304 THERESA TRACY WILLIAMS DECEMBER 10, 2012 Communication is best explained as the transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver in an understandable manner. The need for effective communication is very important in the world of our professional and personal life. From a professional perspective, effective communication is a must, because it determines the success and failure of our careers. It is clear that effective communication is critical for the successful operation of modern enterprise and our personal lives. Everyone needs to understand the fundamentals of the communication process because effective communication leads to understanding things and the people around us. However, it has proven been proven that poor communication reduces quality, weakens productivity, and eventually leads to anger and a lack of trust among individuals within the organization, (Wallace & Roberson, 2009). There are two factors in the communication process, and those two factors are the sender and the receiver. The sender is an individual, group, or organization who initiates the communication and is also responsible for the success of the message. The sender's experiences, attitudes, knowledge, skill, perceptions, and culture influence the message. "The written words, spoken words, and nonverbal language selected are paramount in ensuring the receiver interprets the message as intended by the sender" (Burnett & Dollar, 1989). The receiver is the individual or individuals to whom the message is directed and the comprehension of the message will depend on a number of factors because all interpretations by the receiver are influenced by their experiences, attitudes, knowledge, skills, perceptions, and culture. The communication process is made up of four key components. These components include encoding,
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