The Barriers To Managing Interpersonal Communication

Effective communication is essential to running a successful business, and businesses need to go beyond in order to survive in a competitive market. While there are many classifications of communication used in a corporate environment, most people are not proficient in all of them. The more competent managers become with communication, the smoother the business will run. Managers, as well as employees, need to sharpen their interpersonal communications and develop techniques to overcome the barriers that exist in business communications. Moreover, as companies conduct more business with international firms that employ people from all over the world, employees need to understand and make sure their employees possess the necessary skills to manage and conduct business and navigate intercultural communications to handle the business efficaciously. The reason this is important is that communication is the interconnection between a company and the employees, and potential customers. This is essential for companies to stay in business to thrive and grow; developing interpersonal communications will be the key to a company’s success.
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As a result, we have been working with team members from other cultures, and the barriers to intercultural communication were having a profound effect on how the work between the two areas was progressing. While there has never been formal intercultural communication training offered, the team members virtually across the company increase the awareness of the need for intercultural communication awareness. According to Jones (2000), “There is an identifiable need to include a strategy in leadership development programs for developing intercultural communication competence in those who are leaders or potential leaders”