Name

WRTG 394
October 29, 2017
Communication Analysis
Part I: Background Information

I’m active duty Air Force and currently managing the Honor Guard program in JBER,
Alaska. I’m in-charge of training, scheduling and evaluating 42 Airmen from
different jobs across the base and we communicate via phone call, text message,
emails and face to face. They are assigned to me for one year, doing military drills
and movements to perform in every military event. This creates my position very
unique and my team very diverse compared to others. I have to approach every
individual differently since everyone is coming from different office and
department.

I love what I do, specially the job that I currently have right now. However, in the
past year and a half, one of the problems I noticed with my current job is that
information doesn’t flow very well and sometimes incorrect information is passed
around. This usually creates a problem in our work center.

Part II: Communication Inhibitors

- Physical barriers – refers to environmental barrier that can make

communication difficult or challenging at times due to location and type of
message from the sender to receiver.
- Organizational barriers – refers to different ways, process or flow on
specific task due to different direction coming from different leaderships.
- Cultural barriers – refers to communicator or listener coming from different
background and experience.
- Linguistic barriers – refers to different organizations or departments use
specialized language, acronyms and jargons.

Part III – Application of inhibitors

Communication Inhibitor Analysis

I send out a reporting Physical barriers Some of my Airmen did
instruction via email to 42 not received or read the
Airmen regarding our next email due to lack of
meeting. The following computer access, working
day, some of them asked outside, no time to check
me where and what time their email or did not
do they need to report for receive the email due to
our next meeting their mailbox is full. This
causes repetitive
conversation regarding
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WRTG 394
October 29, 2017
My supervisor directed Organizational barriers
me to do a specific task for
our next graduation.
However, she went on
leave the week of the
graduation. In turn, I had
an interim supervisor and
instruct me to do the
graduation totally
different than what my
supervisor told me.
I have to direct different Cultural barriers
individuals to do a specific
task to get it done. Some
people are focused on the
mission and some just go
with the flow.
When I’m reading the
performance report of my
Airmen, there are words
or acronyms that I don’t
understand because they
are coming from different
department. Sometimes
the acronyms are not
spelled out anywhere on
the report. As a result, I
have to call the individual
or the supervisor to get
clarification or meaning of
the actual works or
acronyms
Part IV: Evaluation
the same topic and
resulting in loss of time to
discuss different
important subject matter.
My initial preparation for
the graduation went to
waste and had to recreate
a plan to execute in short
notice. Last minute
changes create chaos on
the actual graduation.
Directing people coming
from different jobs,
background and culture
are sometimes very
difficult to lead. Some
people are just trained or
raised to be focus on the
task ahead and some just
do their job or task for
them not to get in trouble.
Linguistic barriers Working with different
department or unit is very
challenging due to the fact
that I have no background
on where they work and
their actual job.
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WRTG 394
October 29, 2017

On a scale of 100, I give a grade of 80 to the communication effectiveness in my

work place.

My team and I usually communicate very well face to face. However, it is a different
story when we use the email or any other type of communication. This is due to the
fact of computer issue or insufficient time to check their email (physical barrier)
that prevents the information to flow smoothly. They all came from different
department and not all of them have computer access all the time. In addition to
that, some of the Airmen need to realize the importance of reading their email and
at least make an attempt to check it once a day for any important message that they
might need because they are aware that we communicate through emails.

Most of the people I work with are from different department. With that being said,
some used military jargons or acronyms that I am not familiar with. I think it is
better to limit the use of acronyms and just spell out the words to better understand
the message and prevent the waste of time in trying to clarify the message.