how to overcome physical barriers in communication pdf

When the message is transmitted and effectively received, feedback serves as a regulating device.

Competent managers develop an awareness of the barriers and learn to cope with them.

This guide examines each of these barriers and possible steps to overcome them.

How effectively do you, as a manager, communicate with your superiors, subordinates, and peers Do you recognize the barriers to effective communication Have you learned to cope with them In the discussion that follows, the principal barriers to communicating effectively in todays working environment are identified, and proven techniques for coping with them are considered, The principal barriers to effective communication are: noise, poor feedback, selection of inappropriate media, a wrong mental attitude, insufficient or lack of attention to work selection, delay in message transmittal, physical separation of the sender and receiver, and lack of empathy or a good relationship between the sender and receiver.

Lets examine each of these barriers and possible steps to overcome them.

As we conduct this examination, we should remember that any two or more of these barriers may occur in combination.

He says: When the wind is in the tree, It makes a noise just like the sea, As if there were not noise enough To bother one, without that stuff.

Noise is any random or persistent disturbance that obscures, reduces, or confuses the clarity or quality of the message being transmitted.

In other words, it is any interference that takes place between the sender and the receiver.

This is why we generally identify any communication problem that cant be fully explained as noise.

The biggest single cause of noise in the communication process may be the assumption that the act of communicating is a simple process - that it doesnt require much thought or practice and all effective managers were born with this skill.

This is not true.

Effective communication comes with study and practice.

The effectiveness of the communication process is dependent upon the capabilities of the senders and receivers.

To overcome the noise barrier to effective communication, one must discover its source.

In the perusal of a written communication, have you ever been confused by irrelevant material or the illogical approach taken by the author Again, many people have.

Once the source, or sources, of the noise has been identified, steps can be taken to overcome it.

The noise barrier cant always be overcome but, fortunately, just the awareness of its existence by either the sender or the receiver of a message can help to improve the communication flow.

Feedback is the return of a portion of the message to the sender with new information.

The whole process is straightforward: the sender transmits the message via the most suitable communication media; the receiver gets the message, decodes it, and provides feedback.

In oral, face-to-face communication, the process doesnt happen quite this way.

For example, the sender is acting as a receiver while transmitting the message; the receiver is acting as a sender while receiving the message.

How To Overcome Physical Barriers In Communication Pdf