What are examples of business communication barriers in relation to race or gender?

Answer 1

There are a number of barrier to effective business communication. The audience's needs or level of understand on a topic may be overlooked. Communication may be done through the wrong communication channels, such as bulletin boards, memos, or emails. Sometimes the superiors do not communicate their ideas for fear that they may be challenged or they may have a lack of confidence within the employees. It is also known that people misinterpret messages based on their own emotions, personal beliefs, or background. An example of a communication barrier with genders could be: maybe messages start to be communicated on a bulletin board, the women pay attention to it but the men focus more on the email communications received, this would be a barrier because the women take notice to the board while the men may not.