Barriers to Communication

There are many reason that why the communication may fail. In communication the message (What the said) is not convey clearly to the receiver. So it’s important to seek feedback of that message for the communicatior that their message is clearly understood or not.

            There are many communication barriers and may they accure at any stage during the communication process. The barriers may leads to your message distorted and there’ll be the risk of your money and time too. The Effective business communication used to overcome these barriers. 

There are some types of barriers to communication is given below :

Þ    Language barriers

Þ    Physiological barriers

Þ    Physical barriers

Þ    Systematic barriers

Þ    Attitudinal barriers

Language Barriers : زبان

                        “Language and linguistic ability may acts as a barriers to communication”

There are alot of languages in the world . mostly every culture has it’s own language for example pashto, urdu , english, spanish, british, punjabi, etc. If a Punjabi’s person is not familiar with the english so it’s acts like a barriers in communication  and vice versa.

However , even when communicating in the same language , the terminology in used in the message may act as a barrier to communication. The used of a jargon and the a lot of abbreviation with which the receiver is not familiar , it occur the problems in the communication.

 Physiological Barriers : جسمانی

                        “The psychological state of the communicators will influence how the message is sent, received and perceived”

Stress, if someone is stressed they may be preoccupied by personal concerns and not as receptive to the message as if they were not stressed.
Anger is another example of a psychological barrier to communication, when we are angry it is easy to say things that we may later regret and also to misinterpret what others are saying.

Reduce hearing , a receiver with reduced hearing may not grasp to entirety of a spoken conversation especially if there is significant background noise.

Physical Barriers : 

                        “The Example of physical barrier to communication is the geographical distance between the sender and the receiver”

Communication is generally easier over shorter distances as more communication channels are available and less technology is required. Although modern technology often serves to reduce the impact of physical barriers, the advantages and disadvantages of each communication channel should be understood so that an appropriate channel can be used to overcome the physical barriers.

Systematic Barriers : نظام

                        Systematic barriers may exists in the structure or organisation where there are the inappropriate(غیر فعال یا غیر مناسب) and unimportant information system and communication channels , or where there is a lack or understanding the role and the responsibilities for the communication process. In such systems or organizations the systematic barriers may produced great problems.

Attitudinal Barriers : رویوں

                        “Attitudinal barriers are behaviour or perceptions that prevent people from communicating effectively. ”

                        Attitudinal barriers to communication may result from personality conflicts, poor management, Resistance to Change or a Lack of Motivation.  Effective receivers of messages should attempt to overcome their own attitudinal barriers to facilitate effective communication.

regard : Rana Sarmad

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