Poor communication is one of the contributing factors to low productivity in organizations.

      

Poor communication is one of the contributing factors to low productivity in organizations.

  

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Martin
Four communication problems at the workplace and measures that could be employed to minimize the problems.

- Language Barriers

A diverse workplace has several benefits to a business, such as a variety of solutions to company issues and insight into international markets during expansion. But the language barrier that can sometimes occur in a diverse workplace, or any workplace, may become a communication problem. There might be language barriers between people of different ethnic backgrounds; people of different ages and people with different levels of industry experience. Any language barrier is going to slow communication or create .misunderstandings that makes communication ineffective.
While communicating within the organization it?s important to communicate in an official language that everyone can understand. This will minimize language barriers at the workplace
? Personal Issues
Effective communication in a workplace is based on professional correspondence designed to assist in the daily operation of the company or the continued growth of the organization. When, employees allow personal issues to affect company communication, a communication problem, develops, that could take a long time to track down and resolve. People who refuse to communicate based on a. personal disagreement are damaging the company's, ability to do business and slowing the growth of the organization.
So as to reduce communication problems at the workplace, it?s important that personal issues are resolved so that employees are able to communicate effectively.

- Lack of Feedback

One way communication can become an ineffective way to exchange information throughout the company. Employees and managerial staff should provide feedback at all times to improve the quality of information disseminated and the manner in which the information is delivered. For example, if a department tends to send out information in a format confusing to other people in the company, then that department needs to be informed of its communication problems immediately or else the information coming from that group will always pose a communication challenge.

- New Hires

Companies that at do not include communication training in their new-hire orientation programs will be forced to struggle with new hires who are forced to learn proper communication procedures by a process of hit and miss.
When new employees are brought into the organization, they need to receive a comprehensive introduction into the proper ways to communicate, throughout the organization.
marto answered the question on February 5, 2019 at 05:34


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