Barriers to effective communication

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Barriers to effective communication
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• In the previous blog we saw about the effective
  communication and its importance where now let us
  have a clarification that how it hinders our
  communication.
• It is known that very few are aware of
  communication skills. The ambiguity of
  communication misleads the way we transmute the
  message from one and another. Despite of all the
  wrong insights about communication, people feel
  that they are very efficient at communication and
  dispute that the reasons for the barriers are
  others problems.

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• In order to lead a life in these embattled
  societies, we ought to be ready to overcome the
  barriers in communication.
• Classification of barriers
• The major barriers that affect communication
  process are listed below.
• Semantic barrier
• Physical barrier
• Organizational barrier
• Emotional barrier

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• Semantic barrier
• Linguistic ability would be hindrance to commute
  with others. Though we converse in the same
  language, the vocabulary being used in the
  message would obstruct the understanding by the
  receiver due to the unfamiliarity of those words.
• Physical barrier
• Environmental and natural conditions disturb the
  process of conversation. Geographical distance
  should also be considered. Communication will be
  at ease in shorter distance. Some technological
  interior work place and noise could also create
  problem in proper communication.

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Organizational barrier

• When there is a lack in the ability to
  communicate with the members of an organization
  that leads to the failure of that organization.
  At the same time if it is effectively conversed
  then there is only success in that organization.
  In many MNCs we can see culturally diverse
  audience and the usage of new technologies which
  had caused a demand for organizational
  communications. Moreover, poor management,
  behavior conflicts and lack of motivation will
  thwart the communication.

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• Emotional barrier
• Common road blocks of improper communication are
  pride, anger, anxiety and depression. Pride
  makes you concentrate on your own perspective
  rather than the benefits among the people
  involved in that communication. Anger affects
  the way of transforming the message you received
  which would deviate the way of communication.
  Anxiety hinders your concentration and has a
  chance to deviate from the effective
  communication. Depression isolates you from
  others and blocks your communication leading to
  cold feelings toward others.

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• These barriers affect our day to day
  conversations and cause many conflicts among
  ourselves. To overcome this we need practical
  experience to gear up the skills necessary for
  effective communication and that would be
  discussed in my next blog.

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