Reduce the imapct of communication barriers

Solutions to the barriers of communication

There are many different ways that people can reduce the impact of the barriers of communication, one of the barriers for general communication included the use of terminology and an easy way to reduce the impact of this barrier is to improve your vocabulary by reading often, another solution to this barrier would be to try and focus on the key point that you are trying to explain and check regularly to ensure that the person you are trying to communicate with understands. Another way to reduce the impact of this barrier would be to research your audience before you address them and ensure that you are clear with their age and ability to understand you. The barrier of technology can also have a big impact on communication but this impact can be reduced by training people in the use of technology that is being frequently used to communicate.

A barrier from Interpersonal communication would be the barrier of background noise but there are many different ways to reduce the impact of this barrier, some of these are, using instant messaging instead of loud conversations that can distract people and you can also close doors and windows if noise is coming from outside your office but if the noise comes from within your office then you can use a form of partition which could be used to discourage people from chatting within the office and this could make conversations easier to have but if the partition was unsuccessful then the meeting could take place in another room.

Written communication barriers will mainly refer to documents not being structured properly and spelling and grammar errors confusing people but there are ways to reduce these barriers and some of these ways are to take time when writing your letters or emails and constantly check throughout the document for errors using spell check or if the document has been handwritten then you can have friends or co-workers to check your work for errors. If you struggle with the structure of your document then you can use headings and sub-heading to show what you are talking about in each section and paragraph and this will ensure that when presenting your document that people will be able to understand it, if you still have trouble structuring your document then you can download a template off the internet and use it as an example if it fits what you would like to structure the document as.