Olugbenga Akintola, PhD

Olugbenga Akintola, PhD

Olugbenga Akintola is currently a Lecturer at the faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University, London. As a seasoned university lecturer, researcher, entrepreneur, and business development expert, he adopts various innovative pedagogical approaches to enthuse and motivate students, thereby enhancing their learning engagement.

Dr Akintola has strong expertise and high proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research, having been involved in multidisciplinary research projects with adept theoretical and empirical knowledge. As an astute business educator, he has worked in the industry and academia with research interest in business management, entrepreneurial creativity, start-up innovation and strategy, employee engagement, marketing communications among others.

Olugbenga has over 15 years hands-on industry and higher education teaching experience across nations in two continents, including United Kingdom. In his previous employments, he had functioned in different roles including the Departmental Examination Officer and Acting Sub-Dean (postgraduate programmes).

As an entrepreneur, he has contributed to successful enterprise start-ups in real estates, hospitality, support services, education and FMCGs industries.

  • Abosede, A. J. & Akintola, O. A. (2014). Local Government Funding: Entrepreneurial perspective to internally generated funds (IGR). International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research. 2(5), 9-16. http:www.arcjournals.org
  • Abosede, S. C., Akintola, O. A. & Lemo T. F. (2021). Dual effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Educational Development in Nigeria. East Africa Journal of Social and Applied Sciences, 3(2), 166-175.
  • Akintola, O. A., Fejoh, J., Adeyemi, A. P. & Oluwo, O. A. (2022). Perception of professional competence of business studies teachers and students’ academic performance in Nigeria: The industrial relations approach. Journal of Education in Black Sea Region, 8(1), 122-128. https://doi.org/10.31578/jebs.v8i1.285
  • Akintola, O. A., Abosede, S. C. & Itiola, M. K. (2021). Students’ Enrolment in Nigerian Private Universities: The Pull Effect of Corporate Image and Promotional Appeal. Interdisciplinary Journal of Education 4(2). 146-155. University of Uganda: https://doi.org/10.53449/ije.v4i2.63
  • Akintola, O. A. (2016). Cultivating Entrepreneurial Culture among the Nigerian Youths: The Fulcrum of Constructivists Teaching Strategies. Caribbean Educational Research Journal. 4(2), 53-73.
  • Akintola, O. A. & Alao, O. E. (2016). Adopting Contemporary Human Resource Management Strategies on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. Babcock University Journal of Education. 2(1), 118-12.
  • Shokunbi, O., Akintola, O. & Taylor, C. (2022), Enhancing employee engagement in the Nigerian health sector: the HRD implications. The International Journal of HRD: Practice Policy and Research. https://en.calameo.com/books/0064269857880d1e16887.
  • Shokunbi, O. A. & Akintola O. A. (2020), Employee Engagement within the Nigerian Public Sector: An Examination of One of the Largest University Teaching Hospitals in Nigeria. https://www.africaacademyofmanagement.org/conferences/index.php/afambc/bc2020/paper/view/107
  • Ogunyemi, A. O. & Akintola, O. A. (2015) Job demand and mental strain: The mediating effect of achievement motivation with Nigerian bank workers. Journal of psychology and social studies. 9(2) 51-89.
  • Ogunyemi, A. O., Akintola, O. A. & Adesoye, . (2023). Entrepreneurial aspiration: An empirical analysis of the role of achievement striving behaviour, personal growth initiative and goal setting. The Journal of Developing Areas, 57(1), 1-11. DOI:10.1353/jda.2023.0000

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Business Education
  • Master’s Degree (M.Ed.) in Business Education
  • Bachelor’s Degree (Sc./Ed.-Hons) in Business Education.
  • National Diploma (ND) in Business Studies.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

  • British Academy of Management (BAM), United Kingdom                Member
  • American Higher Education Alliance (AHEA), United States             Member
  • The International Academy Forum (IAFOR), Japan                              Member
  • Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM)                                                Member
  • Association of Business Educators of Nigeria (ABEN)                        Member
  • Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR)                                         Member
  • General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC)                                        Member
  • Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)                                Member

Our faculty

Dilek Celik

Lecturer and Research Lead

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Dr Ning Tse

Programme Leader

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Dr Jawdat Al-Tarawneh

Business Lecturer and Module Leader for LD9718 Research Methods and Analytics for Business Practice

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Ian Lebeau

Pre-sessional Programme Leader

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Nitsa J Herzog

Programme Leader

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Jie Sun

Marketing Lecturer

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Dr. Janakan Sothinathan

Senior Lecturer in Business Management

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Timea Kadar

MSc Digital Marketing Programme Leader

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Rejwan Bin Sulaiman

Lecturer and Module Leader

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Dr Chidera Christian Ugwuanyi

Business Lecturer

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Baba Shaheer Gutappa

Lecturer

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Dr Nasr Abosata

Lecturer in Cybersecurity

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Dr Sandy Hassan

Lecturer and Programme Leader

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman Salih

Assistant Professor in Cyber Security/AI

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Dr Zhewen Tang

Program Leader for MA Luxury Brand Management

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Richard Chamberlain

English Lecturer and Module Leader for LD7080 Academic Language Skills

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Elena Volodenko

Associate Dean, English for Academic Purposes

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Dr Guy Brown

Director of the Northumbria University London Campus

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Prof Hamid Jahankhani

MSc Cyber Security Programme Leader

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Dr. Usman Butt

Associate Dean and Head of Department Computing

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Dr Imad Nawaz

Associate Dean (Post Graduate Business Programmes)

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Dr. Mojdeh Mehrganrad

Graduate Certificate Pre-Masters Business and BA Business (top-up) Programme Leader

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Phil Thomas

MSc Project Management Programme Leader

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Dr Zana Grigaliuniene

BA (Hons) International Banking and Finance (Top-Up) Programme Leader

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Hemalatha Raj

Academic Community of Excellence (ACE) Computing Lecturer

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Matthew Fletcher

Academic Community of Excellence (ACE) Lecturer

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Jo Dennison

Head of Academic Community of Excellence (ACE)

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Dr Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu

Module Leader for Human Resource Management

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Dr Haider al-Khateeb

Cyber Security Lecturer

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Dr. Abdul Ali

Operations and Supply Chain Management Lecturer

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Dr Gordon Bowen

Business and Marketing Lecturer

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Dr Aliar Hossain

Deputy Associate Dean and HoD Advance Practice NUL

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Dr Rose CW FONG

Deputy Associate Dean and HoD Computing Department

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Fin Garvey

Project Management Lecturer

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