Barriers to effective communication can be social, psychological, cultural, physiological, related to system design, or physical. Social barriers include factors like gender, age, race, education level. Psychological barriers involve attitudes, fears, personality. Cultural barriers relate to differences in language, norms, beliefs. Physiological barriers are things like health issues or disabilities. System design barriers include unclear organizational structures or roles. Physical barriers consist of distractions or poor setting. To communicate effectively one must understand these barriers and bridge the gap between the encoded and decoded message to establish common understanding.

1. Barriers to Effective
Communication and Their
Management

2. COMMUNICATION
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3. COMMUNICATION
Communication is the
process of sending and
receiving messages
between parties

4. Significance of Communication
• Lifeblood of an individual,
organisation, society
• As you grow you communicate more
and more
• In all domains of life and in all
directions Downwards Sideways
Upwards

5. BARRIERS FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
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6. Barrier ?
• Lack of Commonness is barrier
• A barrier to interpersonal
communications is anything that
prevents, restricts or impedes the
conveyance of meaning by words or
gestures between two or more
persons in a social setting.
• The term ‘Barriers’, ‘Obstacles’, ‘
Hindrances’ and ‘noise’ are all used
to describe the distracting stimuli
• associated with the
• communication process
Absence of defined role of any component = Creates Barrier

7. Barriers to Effective
Communication
• Social
• Psychological
• Cultural
• Physiological,
• System design
• Physical
• Receivers

8. Social Barriers
Gender
Age
Race
National or Cultural
Origin
Socioeconomic Class
Education Level
Urban or Rural
Residence

9. Psychological Barriers
• Attitude towards self
• Fear
• Attitude towards audience
• Attitude towards the message
• You Yourself is not convinced
with the subject
• Knowledge of subject
• Personality/Status of the
communicator

10. Cultural Barriers
• Language
Different languages, dialect, individual
linguistic ability, use of difficult words,
inappropriate words, pronunciation
• Norms and values
• Belief
• Social practices and traditions

11. Physiological Barriers
• Individuals’ personal discomfort
ill health, poor eye sight, hearing
difiiculties
• Speech and voice defect, feeling of
inferiority, diseases, physical
appearance, lack of skill.

12. System Design
• Organisational Structure
unclear, to whom to communicate,
• Insufficient or inappropriate
information systems
• Information overloaded
• A lack of clarity in roles and
responsibilities
• A lack of supervision or training

13. Physical Barriers
• Distractions
– Noise (Co-workers, Doors, etc.)
– Photographer
– Any announcements
– Instruction Sheet
– Tea
– Late Comers
• Physical Setting of Classroom/
Lecture Hall
– Sitting Arrangement
– Audio-Visual Aids

14. Points to Remember
• Communication is a two way process.
• Effective communication= Bridging the gap between
encoded and decoded message= Establishing Common
Understanding
• Responsibility of effective communication mainly lies
with the communicator
• Feedback is an important return message. Ensure
getting and using it effectively for better
performance
• Know the roadblocks. This will help you to handle
the communication process in an effective way
• Use Heart and Mind and Soul for an effective
result
• Communication is a skill, learn and practice

15. To Sum up
To Become an Effective communicator
Make effective use of
Heart and Body, Mind and Soul