P3: Discuss potential barriers of effective communication.

Spelling errors – When writing documents for work spelling errors can confuse the person reading them and effectively communicate something different than what you intended.

Cultural differences – Having an employee from a different culture can cause errors in communication and judgement. This could unfortunately cause the person in question to be offended by certain language or views.

Disabilities – Someone who has a disability with their hearing or sight for example may find it difficult to obtain a job which is suitable for them. On the other hand someone who is working with a person that has a disability may find it difficult as to how to communicate things in the right way.

Body language – Working with someone that has closed body language could lead to little communication between employees. Someone could feel intimidated by this person and not want to express their ideas or views with them due to their body language.

Distance – In some cases employees have to interact and communicate with employees in different countries, making work difficult to complete because of this distance.