Senior Lecturer in Management
I am a Senior Lecturer in Management (Strategy and Operations) in the Faculty of Business and Technology where I teach Research Methods. I have over eight years of teaching and working as an academic in UK higher education and internationally across Transnational Education Partnerships (TNE). I am currently the Global partnership Lead (MDIS Dushanbe), Tajikistan. In this role, I bring a broad range of experiences drawn from UK higher education, British Transnational Education Partnerships internationally, and my industry practice.
My previous roles in institutional leadership include Programme Manager of the Global MBA at De Montfort University Kazakhstan (DMUK), Programme Manager for the Doctorate in Business Management (DBA), and BA Business Management at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) with successful outcomes.
I have a BSc in Business Management, an MA in Management, and a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Professional Certificate in Marketing and Digital Marketing. My doctoral research was on Human Resource Management with a focus on Knowledge Management (KM). I am also a qualified teacher having obtained the Award in Learning and Teaching in HE (ALTHE) and the PG Certificate in Higher Education (PGCert HE) both accredited by the Higher Education Academy (HEA). I am a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE), a Senior Fellow (SFHEA) of the Advance Higher Education and an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Endorsed Coach.
I have years of experience supporting doctoral students from start to finish with over 11 completions across different research interests in the capacity of Director of Studies as well as a Supervisor. With grounded experiences across different institutions as a Chair, of internal and external Doctoral examinations, I have examined over 30 students in different capacities with positive and constructive feedback.
I have years of experience in higher education having taught and led modules including Management, Strategic Management, Professional Development, Human Resources Management, Entrepreneurship/Developing Enterprise, Global Financial Markets and Institutions, Foundations of Global Business, Strategic Marketing, Managing Advertising and Communications, Marketing, Global/International Marketing, Global Business Environment, Managing People, Managing Performance, Business Ethics, Project Management, Leadership and Management, Introduction to the Modern Workplace, Community Engagement with successful outcomes.
I have made significant contributions as a member of committees that include the Research Ethics Review Committee, Research Degrees Committee, Academic Standards Committee, Doctoral College Board, The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Review (Academic Staff) Panel, Doctoral Staff Student Committee Lead, Learning and Teaching Enhancement Strategy.
I am an External Examiner at the University of Coventry (PgC/PgD/MA Leadership in the Road Sector and MA Management) and the University of Bedfordshire (BSc- Human Resource Management pathways and with Law assessments). These roles ensure that I am up to date with training, conversations on assessments, and reporting on academic standards, quality, and consistency of teaching compared to QAA quality code. This in turn supports my professional practice within and beyond academia.
Teaching and supervision
Research interests for potential research students
- I am open to supervising students in Business and Management as I am open to supporting students with multi-disciplinary interests.
Research
Journal Articles/Book Chapters:
- Ariwa, E., Okeke, J.P., (2011) Green Technology and Corporate Sustainability in Developing Economies, Parelec, pp.153-160, 2011 Sixth International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering, 2011.
- Okeke, J.P., (2013) Knowledge management: a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) case study, British Academy of Management Conference Proceedings. Conference Paper.
- Okeke, J.P., (2014) Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies, International Journal of Entrepreneurship. A Publication of International Network of Scholars for Entrepreneurship and Employability Skills Development (i-NETSEED).
- Okeke V., Okeke, J.P., (2016) Advancing the Igbo Language using elements of knowledge management (KM); The role of Academics in South-Eastern Nigerian Universities. International Journal of African Society Cultures and Traditions, (IJASCT), Vol.4(4), pp.13-26.
- Okeke, J.P., (2017) Nigerian Culture: A barrier to the career progress of women in Nigeria. Global Journal of Human Resource Management, (GJHRM), Vol.5(5), pp.1-11.
- Okeke, J.P., (2017) A personal reflection on a Doctoral Research on Knowledge Management (KM) through an Afrocentric lens in a Nigerian Corporation. The African Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) Vol. 10 (1), Article 3.
- Afzal, M., Simplice, A., Mushfiqur, R., Okeke, J.P., (2021) Tourism management for financial access in Sub-Saharan Africa: inequality thresholds. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure, and Events. London. pp.1-16.
- Oham, C., Okeke, J.P., (2022) Strategic Formulation and Implementation of Social Entrepreneurs. In Cases on Survival and Sustainability Strategies of Social Entrepreneurs (pp. 1-21). IGI Global.
- Pepple, D., Makama, C., Okeke, J.P., (2022) Knowledge management practices: A public sector perspective. Journal of Business Research, 153, pp.509-516.
- Ogwu, K., Hickey, P., Okeke, J.P., Haque, A., Pimenidis, E., Kozlovski, E., (2022) An Integrated Online/Offline Social Network-Based Model for Crowdfunding Support in Developing Countries: The Case of Nigeria. Sustainability, 14(15), p.9333.
- Gervais, F., Coulombel, P. and Okeke, O.J.-P. (2024), "Implementation of regenerative business models in transitioning companies – are middle managers ready for action?", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-03-2024-4407
Conference Presentations:
- 6th International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical. Paper topic: Green Technology and Corporate Sustainability in Developing Economy. Engineering, 4-5 April 2011, Bedfordshire, England, UK.
- British Academy of Management BAM2013. Paper topic: Knowledge Management; A case study of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), 12 September 2013, Liverpool, England, UK.
- 9th NARTI Annual Doctoral Conference 2014. Paper Topic: Research Method for Studying Knowledge Management in complex environments, 9-10 June 2014, Keele Management School, UK.
- 15th European Conference on Knowledge Management – (ECKM 2014) Paper Topic: Knowledge Management; A case study of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), 4-5 September 2014, Santarém, Portugal.
- 10th NARTI Annual Doctoral Conference 2015. Paper Topic: Research Method for Studying Knowledge Management in Complex Environments, 3-4 June 2015, Weetwood Hall, Leeds, UK.
- 11th NARTI Annual Doctoral Conference 2016. Paper Topic: Advocating the use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to understand the knowledge management experiences of organisations, 13-14 September 2016, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
- NEXUS Plus Conference 2021. Paper Topic: ‘Supervising Student Research Projects’ 2nd July 2021. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Virtual Conference).
- UWTSD Postgraduate Summer School 2021. Paper Topic: Your Research Journey. 11 September 2021. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Virtual Conference).
- 16 Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge Conference – Paper Topic: Knowledge Management and the Development of Asset Management Practices in the Nigerian Public Sector Organisations, 28-30 June 2022, Seville, Spain.
- Migrant Domiciliary Care Worker’s Lived Experiences and the Psychological Contract, British Academy of Management Conference, 1-6 September 2023, University of Sussex, England, UK.
AI Technological Attachés: A Pioneering Approach used by the UAE, British Academy of Management Conference, 1st – 6th September 2023, University of Sussex, England, UK.
- Sustainable Branding: Leveraging Big Data and Business Analytics for Excellence Professional Development workshop. British Academy of Management Conference, 1-6 September 2023, University of Sussex, England, UK.
Health Information Systems and Patient Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case of Polyclinic IDIMED Douala. Circle International 20th Annual Conference, Artificial Intelligence Innovations for Sustainable Development, 18th – 20th April 2024, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram, Konya, Turkey.
- Management
- Knowledge Management and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
- Transnational Education
- Human Resources Management
- Marketing
- Strategic Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Artificial Intelligence