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Communication Barriers To Effective Communication

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Contents
INTRODUCTION 2
DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNICATION SCENE 2
DISCUSSION ABOUT INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNICATION 3
Language barriers 3
Semantic Barriers 3
Physiological Barriers 3
Cultural Barriers 4
HOW TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION 4
Knowing the audience 4
Having a Proper Organizational Policy 5
Feedback and upward communication: 5
CONCLUSION 5
REFERENCE LIST 6

INTRODUCTION
Communication is a process that almost everyone recognizes but few are able to define satisfactorily. It can take place in almost any way. It can range from talking to someone to even the look of our hairstyle. So the topic is a really wide and some regard it as a multi-disciplinary study. (Fiske, 2002)
So Verbal communication is the use of sounds and words to express our self, especially in contrast to using gestures or mannerisms. And Nonverbal Communication is the communication without words. It includes apparent behaviours such as facial expressions, eyes, touching, and tone of voice, as well as less obvious messages such as dress, posture and spatial distance between two or more people. This assignment is based on my observations, which describe a scene that shows how ineffective communication both verbal and non – verbal communications, that identifies the reasons behind ineffective communication and how to make the communication more effective.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNICATION SCENE
It was last Friday when I went to the saloon to cut my hair. There were some

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