Importance Of Physical Barriers To Communication

Physiological Barriers – this could happen when the receiver may have a physical disability like reduced hearing and may not have heard the entire conversation, this could also happen if there is a lot of background noise. This can make colleagues worried that they may have missed something important in the conversation. This could be resolved if the conversation was recorded and someone else is able to listen and write down anything they may have missed.

Physical Barriers – this is when the barrier to communication can be geographic distance. It is important in a working environment to remove any physical barriers as this could disrupt effective communication. Physical barriers can include:

• Distance – In big offices it may be hard to catch someone as they may work out of the office, or not stay in one location. This could be helped by asking to view their online diary so you are able to see if they are out of the office. Even though these are both good ways of communication they are disadvantages including, if ICT or the phones are down

Email is something I use every day at work because I can always keep an audit trail of what has been said as it may be needed in the future. Unlike having a conversation, if I forget something I can always look for the email. Using nonverbal communication can also be vague, may contain jargon and abbreviations which means the receiver may not have a clear meaning of what has been sent.

They are four important elements to a communication system these are;

1. Sender – this is who creates the message to be transmitted. This could be an email, phone call, video chat etc.

2. Message – this message is what is being sent to the receiver. This can be sent written, recorded, verbal or a picture/video.

3. Channel - this is used to transmit the message to the receiver. This will remove any noise from the message so when the receiver gets the message they are able to understand