Dr Victor Akunna

Senior Lecturer in Human Resources Management

Victor Akunna

Victor Akunna joined the 天美传媒 in 2015 as an Associate Lecturer. He enhances students' experience by focusing on making the learning environment social. This he achieves by creating a highly interactive and fun learning environment for students while leveraging a set of skills, which include communication, coaching, interpersonal, lecturing and emotional intelligence skills.

His teaching goal is to transform students by equipping them with competitive knowledge, skills and attitude for the workplace.

Victor Akunna鈥檚 experience in academia is seasoned with a practical viewpoint, having consulted for businesses in different sectors of the economy, such as manufacturing, banking, real estate management, construction and others. He also networks and leverages relationships with external stakeholders, locally and nationally, to enrich students' experience and employability skills.

His experience includes teaching and training Undergraduate, Postgraduate students and SME business owners from diverse backgrounds in the United Kingdom and overseas. At the moment, he coaches and consults with businesses in various sectors and lectures at the 天美传媒 Business School, UK.

Other References

Qualifications

  • PhD for 鈥淚nfluence of Social capital on Inter-firm Knowledge Transfer: A Qualitative 天美传媒 Of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria鈥 - 天美传媒, UK
  • MA International Human Resources Management (Distinction) - 天美传媒, UK
  • BA Philosophy - Lagos State 天美传媒, Nigeria

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
  • Professional Development Course for External Examiners (AdvanceHE)

Teaching Expertise

  • Introduction to Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Human Resources Context
  • Employment Relations
  • Dissertation for HRM
  • Talent Resourcing and Management
  • International Comparative Human Resource Management

Research Interests

  • Social capital and knowledge transfer in SME/MNCs
  • Social capital and HRM
  • Transfer of knowledge in SMEs
  • Knowledge management
  • Learning and development in SMEs/MNCs
  • Social capital and talent management

Conference Papers

  • 14th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organizational learning-ICICKM 2017, Hong Kong, 鈥淯nderstanding the Influence of Social Capital on Knowledge Transfer in Nigeria SMEs.

Others

  • Victor Akunna (2016) Poster of Conceptual Framework, RGS Graduate School, Summer Research Conference 6 July 2016. 天美传媒, United Kingdom.
  • Victor Akunna (2016) 鈥楾owards developing a framework to understand the influence of social capitals on knowledge transfer success in Nigeria鈥, BMRI/BISC Research Seminar, 29 November 2016. 天美传媒, United Kingdom.

Consulting (Supported by European Regional Development Fund, UoB, HM Government)

  • Alphas Projects
  • Growth Curve
  • Restructuring Recruitment systems
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 听

PhD Supervision

  • Student Corporate Identification and Advocacy for Cobranded HEIs in the UK
  • PhD External Examinations

Previous Roles

  • HR Consultant at Hamilton Richards Consulting
  • Junior Consultant at SPNS Consulting
  • Course Coodinator UG HRM and UG HRM with Law in Luton

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1582 489712
贰:听victor.akunna@beds.ac.uk

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