Introduction:
Communication is the process of exchanging thoughts and ideas from one person to another person or from a group of people to another group of people. It is the procedure of transferring one’s person feelings or messages to another.
In Business field, communication is so important to get the work done effectively. Good communication will guaranty the best result toward the work or the company. However, there are some factors that may lead to weaken the communication process.
Body:
1- Cultural diversity:
Differentiation in cultures is a main problem in business communication, because there will be a difficulty in understanding the other people ideas or thoughts, also they may understand your point wrongly. When a person communicates
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There are some terms that may have the same spelling but different in meaning, so the message will may be misunderstood by the receiver. Misunderstanding also occurs when people attend to use jargons and technical words that are not understandable to everyone. Some people intend to understand the meaning wrongly so they avoid things they don’t want. This misunderstanding leads to a lot of troubles to the company. However, the messages should be prepaid carefully, and they must have feedback …show more content…
However, both sender and receiver need to have a knowledge about how to read and express body language and how to control emotion and avoid mixing it with his external life.
5- Past experience:
Past experience between two parts plays a big role in communication process. If one person left a bad impression to the other, there will be a huge misunderstanding in the future. However, the sender and the receiver need to be careful while conveying a message and try to left a good impression so they communicate properly in the future.
6- Environment:
Environment differences may impact business communication because communication skills require an environment that helps people in communicating, for example, a person will have some good communication skills if he is working in a better environment, on the other hand if the environment was poor he will be with a limitless
The communication is a process of transmitting information between two or more persons. However, the communication process is the action we take to achieve good communication.
But in order to satisfy the present demand of the changing business world the communication process needs to be improved. But in order to improve the present scenario the company should identify the possible weakness of the communication process. These are:
In order to be able to communicate effectively, one must first understand that communication is not just speaking verbally. Communication consists of a variety of process in order to convey information from one person to another. Matsumoto & Juang state that
This can also affect people who may be working in an office but this may be because of the location but the layout of the office can affect the communication because this can make it difficult for the workers to communicate because of the difficult layout of the room of the office. There are many physical barriers that can affect the way of communication in an office for example staff storage, poor technology or environmental distractions like noise, bad lighting and temperature.
Communication is the process of conveying information to each another using words, actions, or by writing the information down to be read by another person. Communication is something that most people do at some point each day, and is an important part of life especially in a working environment. “The concept of communication is an essential part of every profession, and it is required to foster and maintain healthy relationships”( Jasmine, 2009, para. 1).
One’s career, school life, and even socializing are affected by communication. If you do not know how to communicate, you probably do not have many friends. Communication has been used since the days of the cavemen. When the cavemen learned to communicate they greatly increased their hunting potential. When they learned to communicate on the hunt and before the hunt, they caught much more game then when they were just randomly running after the animals with spears. In school, if teachers and students could not communicate well, how would anything ever get done? In a business, communication is the most important ingredient. Working at a corporation at a higher level, you deal with hundreds of important emails, meetings, phone calls, and other forms of communicating with your co-workers.
Effective business communication is central to the success of an individual’s career and consequently to that of the overall business entity. It would be imaginable therefore that there is some form of correlation between effective communication skills and such success. To put this into context, University of Kent (2011) has placed Verbal Communication at the top of the ten skills that employers most commonly look for. On the same note, anything that hinders effective communication is bound to have a negative effect not only on the specific message delivery, but also on the overall success of a career. In this paper, some of the barriers to effective business communication are discussed, with a few examples of how they affect the process.
Clear communication is key in life, in fact, it is essential. Communicating clearly can make the difference between telling someone verbally “I love it!” in a joyous tone when receiving a gift you enjoy or saying, “I…love ...it...” with a look of grimace, when you found out the present was a disappointment. Communication has two main factors: Verbal and Nonverbal. Verbal Communication is messages one uses to relay information to another person through words or language. This type of communication can be a face-to-face interaction or may use channels such as email or written letters to communicate a message. Nonverbal communication are messages that are not spoken but conveyed through one’s body language. Unspoken messages can include: facial expressions, eye contact and hand gestures. Miscommunication is a daily occurrence in our society; it is when a message we are communicating, verbally or nonverbal, are not interpreted correctly. Secondly, miscommunication can also transpire when a phrase or words are ambiguous or may have different meanings in various cultures. In this essay I will discuss four different scenarios I have personally experienced when miscommunication occurred verbally and nonverbal.
Communication is an important aspect of processing and transferring information in our society. The important entities needed for a successful communication includes; a sender, receiver, message and feedback. First, the sender is a person or entity that is sending information to the receiver. After receiving the message, the receiver will attempt to decode the message and prepares a proper response (feedback). Communication is an essential part of our daily interactions; it can be seen used in businesses, for pleasure, sports, education and many more activities.
Since communication affects almost all aspect of our life, it is important to enhance the skills of communication. Difficulty in expressing or conveying your message may lead to your communication becoming unaffected. And, ineffective communication will lead to your message becoming confused and misunderstand. Thus, recognizing the barriers in communication is the first step in improving communication. There are many factors that cause the failure in communication such as language, gender, culture, and interpersonal barrier. However, it is clearly that the different culture has a different pattern in transferring message and has a strong influence in our communication skills. To avoid the barrier in culture, this paper will try to analyze the differences in culture between Asia and America that impact on the two ...
Nowadays, in the time of globalization, different types and levels of cross-cultural communications are now increasing constantly and appearing frequently in negotiations, trades and social events. As a result, culture has become significantly important in the field of business communications. However, the cultural differences among people often lead to incomplete information and even unnecessary some misunderstandings and embarrassments. In the worst case, they may also cause disagreements and contradictions, affecting the efficiency
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