Inter and Intra Group Barriers of communication in a college
Inter Group and Intra Group barriers of communication in our organization
Our organization is the International University College and there can be distinguished three main groups in it – students, teaching staff and personnel. But what role do the students play in the overall functioning of the university? I believe that this question can be considered as a rhetorical one. For university is a place where experienced professors teach the silly and inexperienced students. This is the main task of a university. In the college I communicate with lots of people of different nationalities such as Bulgarians, Turks, Spaniards, Portuguese, Hungarians and so on and so forth. At first sight it may seem that there’s a huge barrier to our communication – language differences, but that’s not a problem since almost everyone speaks English. Another communication barrier we encountered is lack of attention, distraction or irrelevance. Though it’s hard to get people interested in what you are saying it’s not impossible. So, we just had to pay more attention to our facial expressions, maintain good eye contact (but not overdo it), use gestures for emphasis – in other words, be aware of your body language. Also choose appropriate topics for discussion and the right time because our collocutor might not be in a state for a conversation.
Some communication barriers we may have overcome but some not. For instance, I have difficulty in understanding unfamiliar accents. Although the majority speaks English, everyone has their own accent. Even our professor in Business Environment is sometimes difficult to understand owing to his Irish accent. And I am certain that practice is the only way to deal with this problem. We should spend more time communicating with each other and eventually we won’t have difficulties in understanding one another. Yet another barrier we may face while communicating is cultural differences. We all come from different countries with different histories,
Our organization is the International University College and there can be distinguished three main groups in it – students, teaching staff and personnel. But what role do the students play in the overall functioning of the university? I believe that this question can be considered as a rhetorical one. For university is a place where experienced professors teach the silly and inexperienced students. This is the main task of a university. In the college I communicate with lots of people of different nationalities such as Bulgarians, Turks, Spaniards, Portuguese, Hungarians and so on and so forth. At first sight it may seem that there’s a huge barrier to our communication – language differences, but that’s not a problem since almost everyone speaks English. Another communication barrier we encountered is lack of attention, distraction or irrelevance. Though it’s hard to get people interested in what you are saying it’s not impossible. So, we just had to pay more attention to our facial expressions, maintain good eye contact (but not overdo it), use gestures for emphasis – in other words, be aware of your body language. Also choose appropriate topics for discussion and the right time because our collocutor might not be in a state for a conversation.
Some communication barriers we may have overcome but some not. For instance, I have difficulty in understanding unfamiliar accents. Although the majority speaks English, everyone has their own accent. Even our professor in Business Environment is sometimes difficult to understand owing to his Irish accent. And I am certain that practice is the only way to deal with this problem. We should spend more time communicating with each other and eventually we won’t have difficulties in understanding one another. Yet another barrier we may face while communicating is cultural differences. We all come from different countries with different histories,