Business GCSE
Barriers to effective communication
What Barriers to effective communication means in Business GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Barriers to effective communication
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Factors that prevent messages from being accurately received or understood, such as technical faults, complex jargon, language differences, and poor listening skills.
Topics that use Barriers to effective communication
- Organisational structures (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Centralised structure
- Decentralised structure
- Flat structure
- Hierarchical (tall) structure
- Hierarchical structure
- Information overload
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