Barriers to Effective Communication

Emotions like anger or sadness can taint objectivity

• information overload

• problems with structure design

• attitudes

• language

companies or institutions can have organization structures that are not clear

• problems with structure design

• information overload

• language

• attitudes

differs from different generations or from different regions

• information overload

• attitudes

• language

• problems with structure design

poor or outdated equipment used during communications, background noise,

poor lighting, temperatures that are too hot or too cold.

• physical barriers

• attitudes

• language

• information overload

stereotypical assumptions about others based on their cultural background

• physiological barriers

• cultural noise

• information overload

• language

ill health, poor eyesight or hearing difficulties, pain.

• physical barriers

• cultural noise

• ambiguity and abstractions overuse

• physiological barriers

make someone reach a decision about something before listening to all the facts.

• physiological barriers

• assumptions and jumping to conclusions

• cultural noise

• physical barriers

using too many generalizations, proverbs or sayings, can lend themselves to misinterpretations

• ambiguity and abstractions overuse

• cultural noise

• assumptions and jumping to conclusions

• lack of common experience

do not have the same knowledge or have not shared the same experiences

• ambiguity and abstractions overuse

• lack of common experience

• assumptions and jumping to conclusions

• physical barriers

a lot of information and too many details

• problems with structure design

• attitudes

• physical barriers

• information overload