Six Major Barriers to Effective Business Communication
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University of the People
Six Major Barriers to Effective Business Communication
This paper will discuss six major barriers to effective business communication, primarily through providing an example for each. The six major barriers which will be focused on are those described in the textbook Business Communication for Success, namely cliché, jargon, slang, sexist and racist language, and euphemisms (McLean, 2010). Additionally, a personal experience in which one of these barriers was present, and hampered effective communication is included.
The first barrier to discuss is cliché. This is the use of expressions which are thought to convey a specific
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If I tell my friend that a concert was, “sick,” he is likely to understand I mean it was incredible or amazing. If, however, I tell my mother the same thing she will likely wonder what was so disturbing about it. Slang comes down to experience. Unlike jargon, background such as common interest or skills may not have exposed all individuals to a slang term and its meaning. This understanding typically only comes about through prior exposure, and, again unlike jargon, this exposure may occur between vastly different individuals who happen to encounter one …show more content…
I spent 23 years living in the southern United States where racial prejudices still run quite rampant. I have been engaged by far too many sources who, at first, seemed to wish to discuss something completely innocent, and, as casually as chatting about the weather, suddenly launched into some offensive tirade about African Americans. My reaction whenever this occurred was to be inclined to stop listening. I would fail to truly hear any other content which may have indeed been meaningful because I was too turned off of the source’s message. Any time this happened my mind became shocked at first, unable and uncaring to continue being a receiver of the message, but eventually always turned to looking for the earliest possible exit from the conversation. This relates to my point on why racist language is a tremendously awful barrier to effective communication. Once this issue appeared within a message, there was absolutely nothing a speaker could do to bring my attention back in tune with their delivery.
These examples are common for many people, and hopefully make a clear case for why they are considered barriers in communication. It is not impossible to imagine that there may indeed be situations where some of these factors exist, yet a message is still delivered and received in a relatively accurate manner. What is important to understand is that these are not effective communication strategies, so not
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Introduction Rhetoric refers to the art of using language persuasively and effectively to influence an audience. It involves figurative language, rhetorical devices, and persuasive appeals. In other words, someone can make it up. The creators of Black stereotypes and associated derogatory language designed it to maintain the subordination of Black people. It may be tempting to believe stereotypes have truth to their origin due to some sort of innate shortfall or moral ineptitude of Black people.
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Within the school environment, there will be a variety of children and adults. Each child and adult will differ from the other. Some will come from different backgrounds, speak different languages and some may have additional educational needs or impairments. Children and adults from different backgrounds may speak a different language to the majority of the people in the school. Sometimes they may have English as a second language but some may only have their first language.
Adapting communication for the age of the child helps prevent barriers as younger children need a lot more reassurance and support whereas young people are quite confident but are not sure how to reflect and deal with situations or problems. You could change the language you are using, as younger children don't have such a wide word vocabulary, the 5 year old won't need feedback, they will need encouragement and approval that what they have done is brilliant and you like it. All children of different ages need different things from the commutation they have with you. Schools provide a lot of situations such as 1:1 commutation to group communications.
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Prejudices and, more specifically, racial prejudices have been a plague on society for an extensive amount of time. Most believe that the worst of racial prejudices are in the past and that society has moved past them; however, Brent Staples argues that society is nowhere near past these prejudices. Staples argues this through his great use of rhetorical strategies to implement credibility and emotion into his essay. The first strategy that Staples uses to convey his message is his use of credibility to appeal to his audience.
If we conduct businesses and we fail to make them understand or fail to make any appropriate adjustments, we might unwillingly offend them without noticing it. In Japan, communication can be very complex. Spoken words can have many different meanings; that why both non-verbal and verbal communication is very important for us. Non-verbal communication is important it is because it can be interpreted in many different ways.
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SLANG 3 The Effect of slang on the English language The records show slang was first used around the 16th Century, but this is not certain, as it more of a spoken language and so it could have been much earlier. At this time people created new words as the English vocabulary was a lot smaller than it is today and so people felt the need to invent new words to express themselves. Nowadays slang is used much more frequently, with the influence of technology having a great effect on the use of slang. Some people think it has a positive effect on the English language, while others think it is having a negative effect.
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There are many words that are unaccepted by the society in general and the outside of the group. The word ‘jargon’ comes from an old French word meaning ‘the twittering and chattering of birds’. It came into English in the fourteenth century, when its meaning extended to include ‘meaningless talk’ or ‘gibberish’. The Longman Dictionary of Business English defines jargon as
Introduction Business communication is a process where both the employer and the employees in a company share and exchange information. Be it the corporate world or the education arena, priority is given to ‘speaking’ correct English. People in these fields have understood that communication skills mean speaking skills. Most people think that writing skills are not essential for effective communication. But that is not the truth.