Though I love chicken nuggets, I am not here to talk about those yummy bite-sized foods! In an economy that has been significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, many businesses and companies have been struggling to maintain profitability or even stay open. Most businesses are reworking their budgets to survive this difficult time, which is the best approach to minimize losses. For this reworking, companies will look into their projected earnings and spending for this year and most probably the following year. Some of the most cost-cutting steps that business can take is reducing the number of employees, minimizing marketing activities, reducing office size or locations if they have more than one, stopping employees increase or development programs. Unfortunately, employees\u2019 training and development tend to always be hit first when any company is operating on a tight budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Small businesses and startups are other environments were employees\u2019 training and development are overlooked, which can be understandable. However, what these businesses need to keep in mind is that employment market can be competitive, and small businesses don\u2019t always provide a sense of job security so a lot of times they end up with less skilled employees because they are not able to compete with bigger companies who have higher salary scale, development programs for their staff, a stronger name to add to their resume, and a well-established hierarchy that gives them a sense of safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An article by Monster.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong> talks about employees retention and lists employees not given developmental opportunities among the reasons they quit their jobs. From my managerial experience, employees are encouraged to stay in a company that invests in their development by providing training and growth opportunities. Therefore, small businesses need solutions to how they can provide such an environment for their employees while maintaining a reasonable budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A great solution is micro-learning based training. Though micro-learning does not have a universal definition, I will refer to a simple definition by Karla Gutierrez<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, as she defines it as an educational approach that offers bite-sized, small learning units with just the necessary amount of information to help learners achieve a goal. Just like how bite-sized food have the full flavor, taste, and experience of the same full-sized dish, and gives the person a chance to try different varieties of flavors while being easy on the stomach; micro-learning let you learn what you need in a shorter time, giving the learner a chance to learn several things quicker while engaging in a full learning experience that is more digestible for the brain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why micro-learning can be a solution for your small business or tight budget?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n