Will cover 3 in this powerpoint: physical, cultural and language.
Separate managers from others. PC World, stock, sales, tech. Barrier stopping open communication between them. It is important to socialise with work mates build relationship. Work better with people when you feel comfortable round them, as you are not afraid to ask for help, and feel more relaxed within the job.
Barriers to segregate separate work areas, just walk round to the next one. Don’t do anything that you’re not supposed to do.
Groups of friends share things in common. Or if not some may adapt to share things with the others. This leads to inclusion within the group. People who are from a different culture will generally have a different up bringing, if not known some things which don’t effect you could insult the other. Thumbs up in some cultures means good, ok etc. In others it can be offensive.
Cultural barriers hardest to overcome as it houses many different factors: Belief, taste in music, popularity, race, clothing etc. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Some people may disagree with your beliefs, prefer different music etc. So don’t project your background as if “right” to you, is right to others.
Many foreign workers over here do not always speak English. Mainly the jobs these people will fore take are ones which do not require too much communication with others, for e.g. cleaning jobs.
Most of us have had the problem of being abroad, and trying to order food, or ask for directions from a person who speaks little English, and we often submit to using techniques like so: Gestures: Hand movements, facial expressions are a good way to gesture a point to someone. (A lot of people do talk with their hands). American/English movies, may be shown in other countries who’s primary language is not English. Voice overs are not always used and sometimes subtitles are used instead. Words between the 2 languages can be linked and picked up. You may not always have a pen handy to do this, but pictures are a great way to communicate with someone who doesn’t share a common language.