Osikhuemhe Okwilagwe

Dr Osikhuemhe Okwilagwe

  • u_ookwilagwe at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Senior Lecturer in Strategy
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Biography

Dr Osikhuemhe Okwilagwe is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy at the Bournemouth University Business School, Department of Marketing, Strategy and Innovation. She worked in veterinary services in Nigeria before joining Bournemouth University in 2016. Osikhuemhe is the Programme Leader of the MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Programme at Bournemouth University Business School and has been in this role for 7 years. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a HEA Mentor and Assessor.

She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI) and a Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE). She teaches various courses that include Strategy, Business Management, Organisational Leadership, International Management and Entrepreneurship across undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her practice on these units is driven by research-led and research-informed teaching.

Osikhuemhe is an emerging thought leader with research interests closely aligned to trust in partnership working, strategic management in the public sector, public private partnerships, economic regeneration in emerging and developing countries, public policy and higher education...

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Journal Articles

Chapters

  • Okwilagwe, O.O., 2017. Towards Rethinking Public-Private Partnership Implementation: Insights from the Nigerian Context. Emerald Handbook of Public Private Partnerships in Developing and Emerging Economies Perspectives on Public Policy Entrepreneurship and Poverty. 465-488.
  • Okwilagwe, O. and Apostolakis, C., 2016. Public-Private Partnerships for Enhancing Organizational Capabilities in Nigeria. In: Kazeroony, H., ed. Sustainable Management Development in Africa Building Capabilities to Serve African Organizations. New York: Routledge.

Conferences

  • Okwilagwe, O., 2017. Forces for partnership working or farce: accountability and transparency practices in Nigeria local regeneration partnerships. In: The 5th International Conference on Managing Organizations in Africa 29 August-1 September 2017 Mauritius.
  • Okwilagwe, O. and Apostolakis, C., 2017. Implementation of Partnership Work: Key considerations and implications from the Nigerian Local Regeneration. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) 6-8 September 2016 Newcastle University.
  • Apostolakis, C., 2017. Strategies for Collaborative Work Delivery: The Case of Local Regeneration Partnerships in Nigeria. In: British Academy of Management 6-8 September 2016 Newcastle University.
  • Okwilagwe, 2016. Paving the Way for Quality Public Services Delivery in Nigeria. In: British Academy of Management 7-10 September 2015 Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Okwilagwe, O., Apostolakis, C. and Erdélyi, P., 2015. Necessity or Opportunity? Public Private Partnerships for Local Regeneration in Nigeria. In: European Academy of Management Conference 17 June-20 July 2015 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Okwilagwe, O., Apostolakis, C. and Erdélyi, P., 2014. Facilitating Collaboration Processes in Partnership Working in Nigeria. In: British Academy of Management Conference 9-11 September 2014 Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Apostolakis, C. and Okwilagwe, O., 2014. Collaboration for Public Private Partnerships: In Support of an Entrepreneurial Ethos? PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (ECIE 2014), 35-42.

Theses

PhD Students

  • Ilke Cicekly. Investigating the Antecedents and Outcomes of B2B Firms Social CRM Capabilities in Emergent Markets., (In progress)

Profile of Teaching PG

  • "Business Relationships and Networks" - MSc International Management & MSc Marketing Management
  • "Managing in Global Markets" - MSc International Management
  • Project - Entrepreneurship in Practice or Innovation in Practice (Project lead and coordinator) - MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship

Profile of Teaching UG

  • "Organisational Leadership" - BA (Hons) International Management; BA (Hons) Business and Management; BA (Hons) Business Studies
  • "Organisational Behaviour and HRM" - BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance
  • "Understanding Organisations and HRM" - BA (Hons) Business Studies
  • "Strategic Management" - BA (Hons) International Management; BA (Hons) Business and Management; BA (Hons) Business Studies
  • "Dissertation supervision" - BA (Hons) Business Studies

Invited Lectures

  • Nigeria Local Regeneration Partnerships, Bournemouth University, 21 Nov 2017 more

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

  • Assessor and Mentor, TeachBU Panel
  • Ethics Champion, Department of Marketing, Strategy and Innovation Ethics Committee
  • Member, Faculty Research Degrees Committee
  • Member, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Panel
  • Programme Coordinator, MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, Department of Leadership, Strategy and Organisations

Qualifications

  • PhD in Strategy (Bournemouth University, 2017)
  • MBA in Management (University of Brighton, 2012)
  • MSc in Management (Robert Gordon University, 2010)

Honours

  • Service Excellence - Making a Difference Award (Bournemouth University, 2019)
  • You'Re Brilliant Award; student experience category (Student Union Bournemouth University, 2018)
  • You'Re Brilliant Award; student experience category (Student Union Bournemouth University, 2017)
  • You'Re Brilliant Award; student experience category (Student Union Bournemouth University, 2016)
  • Nominated for Vice-Chancellor's Staff Awards (Responsibility Award Category) - as a member of The University Research Ethics Panel Team (Bournemouth University, 2018)
  • Vice Chancellor PhD Scholarship (Bournemouth University, 2013)

Memberships

  • Institute of Directors, UK, Member (2016-),
  • British Academy of Management, Member (2013-),
  • European Academy of Management, Member (2013-),
  • Chartered Management Institute, Member (2009-),

Networks

  • Strategy, Management and Marketing in Africa, Special Interest Group of the European Academy of Management
  • Public Management and Governance, Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management
  • Inter-Organisational Collaboration, Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management
  • AFRICA RESEARCH GROUP http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/businesscentres/africarg/index.aspx
  • Marketing, Strategy and Innovation Research Forum, MSI Department, Bournemouth University Business School
  • Strategy and Entrepreneurship Research Theme (SERT), MSI Department, Bournemouth University Business School
  • Women's Academic Network at BU