BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

S SARITHAMBA I –YEAR

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY

ORGANISATIONAL BARRIER:

It is due to negative organisational climate .

Absence of communication policy.Excessive authority layers and filtering.

CULTURAL BARRIER:Age and Gender.Education and cultural background.Temperament, social status and economic

position.popularity , religion and assumptions.

SEMANTIC BARRIER:

Use of jargon/slang.Use of homophones.Incoherence/poor sentence structuring.Use of technical language.

GENDER BARRIER:

This barrier arises because men and women have different ways of thinking and communication.

PERCEPTUAL BARRIER:

All see the world differently.We all have our own preferences , values, attitude , origins and life experience that act as filters on our experience of people and information.

LANGUAGE BARRIER:

Different language , vocabulary , accents , dialects represents national/regional barrier.Badly expressed message , wrong interpretation.

EMOTIONAL BARRIER:

Premature evaluation , inattention , distrust of communication , failing to communicate.

ENVIRONMENT BARRIER:

The factors includes noise , information overload and physical barrier within the environment

PHYSICAL BARRIER:

Due to the nature of environment.It also includes internal and external environment like poor lighting, background noise , outdated equipments etc…

PERSONAL BARRIER:

Difference in personality.Perceptual difference.Fear , stereotyping , halo effect and inattention.

BARRIERS

HOW TO OVERCOME COMMUNICATION BARRIER

To overcome communication barrier do the following:

Taking the receiver more seriously.Thinking more clearly about the

message.Delivering the message skilfully.Make your communication ways simple.

THANK YOU!!!!