how will physical barrier hinder communication in a classroom? describe all physical barrier in detail and also write to overcome them.
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In this series, we discuss The Seven Barriers of Communication. This post is dedicated to physical barriers. Stay tuned as we discuss each.
Physical barriers to communication have plagued the workforce since hunter-gatherers first walked too far into the woods to hear their fellow hunters cry “BEAR. VERY BIG BEAR.”
While bears have become less of an issue (for most), physical elements still come between us: doors, walls, building floors, excessive noise, even continents. The larger and more spread out the workforce, the harder it seems to be to make everyone’s physical environment conducive to communication.
Identifying these barriers is the first step. With a little effort, your organization will be able to spot and resolve these issues way before you need to warn Bill from Accounting about any amount of bears.
Types of Physical Barriers to Communication
Luckily, physical barriers are fairly easy to spot. If you want to talk to your boss, but they’re locked in their office, you’ve found a physical barrier. If you’re making a verbal announcement and the people on the second floor can’t hear you, you’ve found a physical barrier. Anything in the physical world (i.e. not in your mind) that stands between you and effective communication is a physical barrier that can be addressed.
In general, there are three types of physical barriers that prevent individuals from effective communication:
1. Environment – These barriers are due to the place we’re trying to communicate in. As anyone who has been to a noisy bar and tried to hold a conversation will know, excessive noise can lead to a lot of missed information. One person tries to nod along politely as if to say “Ah, yes,” as the other waits patiently for a response to a question that’s gone completely unheard.
2. Distance – Distances between floors, buildings, or cities can make collaborating and communicating with team members a struggle. Bringing people together to work towards a common goal when they aren’t even on the same continent introduces real challenges to efficiency. Phone calls and emails end up displacing face-to-face interactions, and that small difference can have a big impact on team cohesion.
3. Medium – So much of modern communication takes place across different pieces of technology. For communication to be effective, people need to understand and ascribe to certain norms of how these mediums are used. What’s appropriate to say when and where? What do certain actions or symbols mean? And how do we interpret more subtle queues? If someone doesn’t understand the norms for using a certain medium (I’m looking at you grandma that keeps ending her Tweets with “Sincerely, Agnes”) when sending a message, their intention can be lost.