Coursera
The Boss
A decision-making simulator in which the player becomes an HR Director, keeps the company stable and protects their leadership position.
Business challenge
Support learner retention and course completion in an online Organizational Management course.
Objective
Give learners a safe setting to practise management decisions and experience their consequences.
Player experience
Short situations arrive as cards. The player chooses a response, then sees how the choice changes sales, staff loyalty and public image.
Mechanics and behavioral purpose
Source-bound results
Reported outcomes
Measurement approach
The presentation compares game-driven learning with traditional training, but does not document the sample, period or research method.
Source context
What the source does not yet explain
The source also shows a 45% metric for user interaction contribution to MOOC success. It is withheld pending clarification of methodology and denominator.
Presentation pages 4, 5
Gameplay excerpt
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