Barriers to Effective Communication

People involved in the communication process speak different languages

• Physical

• Incomplete Communication

• Language

• Cultural

When the information being communicated is not sufficient to be clearly understood.

• Failure to listen

• Lack of information

• Language barriers

• Physical barriers

When a person hearing spoken information uses poor listening skills.

• Failure to listen

• Lack of information

• Lack of necessary skills

• Incomplete communication

The receiver lacks the skill or knowledge about the topics being communicated and is unable to perform a task.

• Failure to listen

• Lack of information

• Incomplete communication

• Lack of necessary skills

Competing noise, sever weather, physical distance between the sender and receiver interfere with the flow of information.

• Language

• Physical

• Cultural

• Lack of Information

Differences in background cause the sender and receiver to interpret information differently.

• Lack of Information

• Physical

• Language

• Cultural

The receiver of information fails to return information, or feedback, about the outcome of a task or situation back to the sender.

• Incomplete communicaiton

• Lack of information

• Failure to listen

• Language barriers