Tuesday, August 18, 2009

How to Pass Through Barriers of Communication

Here are some rules for us to minimize the effects of bad communication.
1. Communication should be planned;
2. The precise determination of purpose is needed;
3. The communication must be done carefully;
4. Ideas needs first to be clarified before communicated;
5. The words should carefully be chosen and used in the good context;
Culture, background and the influences - our experience can sometimes influence the quality of messages delivered or received. Culture, for example, can sometimes be a disturbing factor of communication, making it inefficient to understand a new message if it is not framed in the context of the culture.
Own person - when in a discussion one partner focuses on their own person, it misses what the other partner need to say.
Background noise - some equipment or even the environment can cause disruption of communication. So who delivers a message and one that receives will be forced to make a further effort to communicate effectively.
Stress - it is known that stress affects the communication process in the sense that a stressed person no longer receives a message as he normally does.
Perception - When a person speaks too fast, not in fluent way or is not properly articulating words we are tempted to no longer give all the attention.
Ideal would be that the communication is impeccable and there is a universal language neutral to assure the accuracy of the process. Unfortunately though, it does not exist except in particular situations. In common situations, disturbances are pervasive factors and only through a sustained effort, those who participate in the communication can remove or minimize the influences may be in providing an efficient communication, which is intended from the beginning.

Christian Florescu

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