Barriers to Effective Communication :: Functions of Communication

There are a wide number of sources of noise or interference that can enrol into the communication process. This can occur when people now each anformer(a)(prenominal) very well and should understand the sources of error. In a make up setting, it is even out more(prenominal) common since interactions involve people who not only dont use up years of experience with each other, but communication is complicated by the complex and often conflictual relationships that exist at work. In a work setting, the following suggests a number of sources of noise Language The choice of lyric poem or language in which a sender encodes a sum will influence the quality of communication. Because language is a symbolic histrionics of a phenomenon, room for interpreation and distortion of the nitty-gritty exists. In the above example, the node uses language (this is the third day youve missed) that is likely to convey far more than objective information. To Terry it conveys indifference to her m edical problems. Note that the same linguistic communication will be interpreted contrary by each different person. Meaning has to be given to words and many factors affect how an several(prenominal) will attribute meaning to particular words. It is important to note that no two people will attribute the exact same meaning to the same words. defensiveness, distorted perceptions, guilt, project, transference, distortions from the past misreading of body language, t peerless and other non-verbal forms of communication ( examine section below) noisy transmission (unreliable messages, inconsistency) receiver distortion selective hearing, ignoring non-verbal cues power struggles self-fulfilling assupmtions language-different levels of meaning managers hesitation to be candid assumptions-eg. assuming others see situation same as you, has same feelings as you distrusted source, erroneous translation, appraise judgment, state of mind of two people Perceptual Biases People come after to stimuli in the environment in very different ways. We each grow shortcuts that we use to organize data. Invariably, these shortcuts introduce some biases into communication. Some of these shortcuts include stereotyping, projection, and self-fulfilling prophecies. Stereotyping is one of the most common. This is when we assume that the other person has certain characteristics based on the group to which they belong without validating that they in fact have these characteristics.