Question

Discuss the barriers to worldwide sourcing and ways a company can overcome the barriers.

Answer 1

Barriers to Effective Communication
(i) Semantic barriers to communicationThese are concerned with the meaning of words and symbols. These barriers are:

✨Badly expressed message

✨Technical jargon

✨Unclarified assumptions

✨Faulty translations

(ii)Psychological barriers Emotional or psychological factors acts as barriers to
communication. Some of the psychological barriers are:                                     .

✨Lack of attention

✨Premature evaluation

✨Poor retention

✨Distrust

(iii) Organisational barriers The factors related to organisational structure authority relationship, rules and regulations act as barriers to effective communication. Some of these barriers are:

✨Organisational policy

✨Rules and regulations

✨Status

✨Complexity in organisational structure

(iv) Personal barriers The personal factors of both sender and receiver my affect effective communication. Some of these barriers are:

Fear of challenge to authority

✨lack of confidence of superior on his subordinate
✨Unwillingness to communicate
✨Lack of proper incentives

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