The communications process model below shows the chain of events that takes place when the source initiates a communication. As a leader, when you issue orders and instructions to your subordinates, you are the sender. The message is composed of all the symbols assembled by the source to convey the intended thought or idea. Your subordinate who receives the message is the receiver. The receiver decodes the message to determine the idea, information or feeling of the sender.
Feedback becomes another message.
For communications to occur, there must be a continuous two-way interchange of feelings, ideas, and values. By soliciting feedback you can tell if the receiver has, in fact, understood your message. Barriers to communication. Anything which prevents an understanding of the exact concept or information intended by the sender is a communications barrier or noise. Communications barriers also act as filters through which the message passes.