dummies guide.

P3 M1

Office barriers like being in a large room would require you to speak louder for your peers to hear you. Walls and doors would require you to go round these barriers in order to communicate with your peers. Background noise from other peers can also interfere with your communication with others.

If someone's first language is not English then you may have trouble communicating with them. You cannot give them the information they need if you are not able to communicate with them. Accents may have the same effect as thick accents may not be easily understood.

Emotional barriers are mainly compromised of fear, mistrust and suspicion, the roots of this can be from childhood as we were taught to mind what we say to others.

A way to overcome cultural barriers is to use a translator to understand what they are trying to say and so that they can understand what you are saying. To overcome emotional barriers is to speak to the person in their own environment, somewhere that they feel comfortable. Overcoming physical barriers can be dealt with by providing an inside office phone line so people can communicate easily between rooms and departments.