Barriers To Written Communication

There are many barriers that can have an impact on the effectiveness of written communication. One of these is the structure of the document. If a document is poorly structured ie not logically structured, large blocks of text etc it can be very off putting for the reader. If the reader feels daunted about the amount of text they are less likely to read the information carefully and if this happens the meaning could be misunderstood or important details may be missed. If it is not logically structured the reader would find it very hard to follow what was being said and again this would impact on how effective the communication was.

In order to overcome these barriers if the document is structured logically  with appropriate headings and sub-headings the document will be much easier to follow and there is less chance the reader will become confused so they are more likely to understand what the writer is trying to say. Similarly if the document is structured into appropriate paragraphs this will split up large chunks of writing and  this would appeal to the reader more as they will not feel that reading the documents is such heavy going. This would make the document much easier to understand and read.