BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
1. Personal Barriers –
 Your style and character
(rude,polite,shy,outspoken)
 Preparation & presentation style
 Lack of clarity (pronunciation)
 Lack of credibility
 Timing
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Perception of what is being communicated
Information overload
Channel selection
Trust/credibility, not listening
Emotions, mannerisms
Noise
Personal barriers continued
 Irrelevant information loading
 Lack of Response or feedback
 Inappropriate Questions
Barriers to Effective communication
cont…..
2 Organization Barriers
 Culture
 Environment
 Size & structure
 Process Barriers
3)-Filtering
• Filtering is the process of altering or distorting
information in order to project a more
favorable image.
• It is arguably the biggest barrier to effective
communication
Grapevine
Is the flow of information in any direction
throughout the organization.
During the flow of information there can also be
some barriers and barriers can yield strickes
Over coming the barriers….
Say to your self ,”I will get response”
Come up with a topic for discussion every day
Start improving upon pronunciation
Develop habit upon pronunciation
Develop habit of reading –start with the
English newspaper /comics
Understand first, then communicate
Don’t be afraid of asking questions
Planning the message
who
what
when
where
How
Receivers feel ignorant
4. Reasons
why people
do not ask
questions
Receivers are ignorant
Reluctance to point out
sender’s ignorance
Assume understanding