Industry Leaders, HR Professionals, IT Experts to Attend Prof. Osemeke's Inaugural Lecture at Glorious Vision University

 

By Emeke Precious Nwaoboli, Benin City.

Prominent professor and management expert, Professor Monday Osemeke, is set to deliver his inaugural lecture at the John Babatope Aluko multi-purpose hall, Glorious Vision University, Ogwa, Edo State. The lecture, which would also be transmitted via zoom with meeting ID: 6879332404 and passcode: GVU007 is scheduled to hold on Thursday June 15, 2023 at 1pm.

According to Professor Osemeke, the lecture titled "Strategic Human Resource Management Practices and Information Technology: Digitalisation as a Catalyst for Avoiding Bumps and Potholes in the Twenty First Century", aims to explore the role of information technology and digitalisation as drivers of strategic human resource management practices, especially in the digital era.

In an interview with our reporter, Prof. Osemeke, who has over 18 years of banking experience, said digitalisation has become critical for companies to transform and remain competitive. He added that he is confident the lecture will provide insights on how organisations can leverage technology to improve performance.

The professor traced his interest in management to his banking experience and desire to address the poor management practices that leads to banking failures.  Prof. Osemeke identified inadequate funding, outdated infrastructure, and brain-drain as major challenges confronting managers in Nigerian tertiary institutions while calling for more investments in the education sector to address these issues.

According to Prof. Osemeke, the inaugural lecture is expected to attract industry leaders, human resource professionals, information technology experts, academics and professionals from various fields who can apply the lecture to digitalise their organisations for better results.