University of The People Faculty of Business Administration ENGL 1103 Term 4 2014/2015 Written Assignment Unit 2
QUESTION : Chapter 2 discusses the 6 major barriers to effective business communication. List the 6 major barriers and discuss, in paragraph format, an example of each. Also, include at least one example that you yourself have used in the past and how this hampered your ability to communicate. Try to think of examples that were used in a business setting.
Prepare a two page (double-spaced) essay on this topic. Cite references to material that you use in preparing the essay,
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Cliché : this is a word or expression that has lost much of its force through over exposure, and its serve as one of the major barriers in language that lead to ineffectiveness of business communication. An mostly they are also boring, An example of cliche is “ Take the tiger by the tail“ The example of cliche that I have used in the past is “ taking your business to the next level“ I once used the word taking your business to the next level with us got most of my client confused and disoriented in investing with us.
2. Jargon: this is another barriers to effective business communication, it is simply an unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish. jargons in business communication are simply barriers that has no good impact on the business communication because they are simply unintelligible. An example of jargon is statement in business communication disambiguate, The word clarify can simply be use in place of that. An example of jargon that i have use in the pass in business communication is telling my co worker that “ we need to grow the business“ this statement is totally wrong because it not the right words to use. instead the word “ we need to build the