Communication

Barriers to Communication

The barriers to communication are :

1. Language or coding of Ideas so that they are easily understood.

2. Transmission: the communication does not suffer from distraction

3. Hostility: This is the most difficult barrier because it comes from inside and not outside. Hostility is created by the parental messages received - many of them create bias against caste , color , community, language, state , religion,etc.

Another barrier to communication is feuds. A lot of hostility is created in organizations by feuds between departments. How do these feuds occur? This hostile attitude - I am OK you are not OK - is responsible for a lot of problems in communication. This feeling comes because of the way we have been brought up. Whenever there is a conflict there are two routes available: one is the right-wrong, good-bad route which invariably leads to quarrels. 

The other route is understanding, compromise , co-existence. Depending on our upbringing , we are likely to take the approach and this gives us an image of being a reasonable or unreasonable person. Operating continuously with the hostile prejudice or I am ok , you are not OK attitude, one can develop a dysfunctional life script which makes communication difficult.

One should try to be reasonable, understanding, compromise and co-exist.
Compromise can lead sometimes to not achieving your aim. For this all, one should have leadership characteristics.It may be part of your destiny and time only proves who was right or wrong.

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