Email: jsoboreh@delsu.edu.ng
- Area of Specialization: Operations Research and Management
- Department of Business Administration
- Oboreh, Jacob Snapps PhD is a Professor of Operations Research
and Management in the Department of Business Administration,
Delta State University, Nigeria.
His research interest are inter-related which is focused on
optimizations techniques to resolve business problems and
improvement of the student's experience. His current projects
include understanding how students make work placement
decisions using operations research techniques and investigating
the learning experiences of business students working in global virtual teams.
He is a Member of Academy of Management Nigeria,
Member North East Business & Economic Association (NBEA), USA
and a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Administrative Managers Nigeria (F.Inst.AM)
Within a period of his over 22 years teaching experience,
he has held high profile roles in tertiary institutions such as,
Head of department, Business Administration,
Rector/ CEO, Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro. Currently, he is the
Managing Director, Delta State University Investment Limited (DIL) .
These positions have made him to continue to work closely with
indusries and professional bodies in developing undergraduate
and postgraduate programmes as well as developing
business algorithms for the industries.
He has also actively supervised PhD students, and most of his
former PhD students now hold academic positions in several
universities both in Nigeria and overseas He is well traveled, having
attended several business conferences within Nigeria and abroad.
Since 2012, he has served as a referee, guest editor and editorial
board member of several academic journals both in Nigeria and
overseas. He is also an external examiner/assessor to several
universities in his area.
Under listed are some of his academic publications
My Publications- Oboreh J. S. (2018) Organization Size on the Relationship between Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Innovatio, Journal of Social Sciences and Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Delta State University.
Vol.13(1) Pages: 128-134
- Oboreh J. S. (2018) Corporate Restructuring and Managerial Succession, Journal of Social Sciences and Management, Delta State University Abraka
Vol.13(1) Pages: 95-103
- Oboreh J. S., (2016) Bridging the gap between Polytechnic and University education for national development : Book; , published by WorldCat libraries, and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide, first edition,
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2018011207/ Vol.1 Pages: 1-258
- Robert A. E. and Oboreh, J.S. (2015) Assessing Office Managers' Role in Creating a Culture of Corporate Social Responsibility Through Corporate Governance in selected Business Organization in Delta State, British Journal of Education
https://www.eajournals.org/journals/british-journal-of0education-bje/vol-3-issue12-december-2015/ Vol.3 No. 12 Pages: 52-63
- Egwunatum I. S. and Oboreh J.S (2015) Cost Model for Unit Rate Pricing of Concrete in Construction Projects, International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management Scientific and Academic
http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ijcem.20150404.05.html Vol.4 No. 4 Pages: 158
- Egwunatum I. Samuel, Oboreh J. Snapp (2015) Theorizing a Forward Difference Orthogonal Function Method of Computing Contingency Cost in Construction Projects, International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management Scientific and Academic
http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ijcem.20150405.06.html Vol.4 No. 5 Pages: 210-217
- Dr. Jacob. S. Oboreh, Dr. Umukoro. G. Francis, Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu (2013) SMEs in Nigeria and the use of Relationship Marketing Strategy. A Survey Study of Igbo SMEs in Nigeria, Global Journal of Management and Business
https://globaljournals.org/item/1955-smes-in-nigeria-and-the-use-of-relationship-marketing-strategy-a-survey-study-of-igbo-smes-in-nigeria Vol.13 Issue 7 Pages: 1-28
- Hilda Olele,Omotor D.G. and Oboreh J. S. (2013) Gender Differentials in Youth Employment in Sub-Sahara Africa,, 40th Northeast Business and Economics association Conference Proceedings, Held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. USA on Nov. 7th . -9th Nov
https://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=1936203X&AN=101332227&h=CfDv%2bJ3CEqzaTKtwN1Hs%2bLtKyz%2b%2f6pzQXqz%2boGYK0uUFS0L8Gw53Sbpa8xt2ULmv6VWwF9JxTXSQXj3qgX5wCA%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d1936203X%26AN%3d101332227 Vol.1 Pages: 180-183
- Oboreh J, S and Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu, (2013) Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria the marketing interface, Global Journal of Management and Business Research
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=thGtLwgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F6z68VlZ3TM6vC-SVq9KR8avumabZuGShwHcR5OvYikMFMqou5yPPbUC4SdMR2Xd-2HSD2P1zUyyV5lO6Gtowch8PPDTn2BlpCpFCSUDvBSh_OnXhJNvQjfuNd3QARTr65r0nzif2n5Z12563gGiSTA0ctEHw#d=gs_md_cita-d&u=%2Fcitations%3Fview_op%3Dview_citation%26hl%3Den%26user%3DthGtLwgAAAAJ%26citation_for_view%3DthGtLwgAAAAJ%3AY0pCki6q_DkC%26tzom%3D420 Vol.2(3) Pages: 45-62
- Oboreh J, S Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu, U.G Umukoro (2013) The Effective use of Relationship Marketing Strategy for Customer Satisfaction and Retention by Igbo SMEs in Nigeria, Global Journal of Management and Business Research
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=thGtLwgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F6z68VlZ3TM6vC-SVq9KR8avumabZuGShwHcR5OvYikMFMqou5yPPbUC4SdMR2Xd-2HSD2P1zUyyV5lO6Gtowch8PPDTn2BlpCpFCSUDvBSh_OnXhJNvQjfuNd3QARTr65r0nzif2n5Z12563gGiSTA0ctEHw#d=gs_md_cita-d&u=%2Fcitations%3Fview_op%3Dview_citation%26hl%3Den%26user%3DthGtLwgAAAAJ%26citation_for_view%3DthGtLwgAAAAJ%3A9yKSN-GCB0IC%26tzom%3D420 Vol.2 (4) Pages: 64-79
- Oboreh J. S. (2012) Holistic Management Information System: An Integrated Approach to ICT Management, End Time Publishers , Ibadan,
Vol.First Edition Pages: 1-254
- Oboreh, J. S. and Ema Mordi, (2012) Contributory Pension Scheme For Improved Pension Management in Nigeria ,, 39th Northeast Business and Economics association Conference Proceedings, hosted by Worcester State University at Port Jefferson, New York USA on Oct. 25th -27th ,
https://web.b.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=1936203X&AN=121051537&h=1R9tTmlzfuaOj53nMc1jsI%2bG%2fl25PHcrbSLs2447bCYn1wDCMI4iZtFZZRrYs7rBYPUdTlw%2f6lGJr0kHzk2MNA%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d1936203X%26AN%3d121051537 Vol.1 Pages: 251-254
- Oboreh J Snapps, Donald I Hamilton (2011/6/1) Youth restiveness and industrial disruption in the Niger Delta, American Review of Political Economy
https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=14505922975843251096&btnI=1&hl=en Vol.9 Pages: 18
- Jacob Snapps Oboreh, Francis George Umukoro (2011/4/27) An Empirical Investigation into the Effects of Strategic Planning and Satisfaction in Small Firms in Nigeria, Sacha Journal of Policy and Strategic Studies
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1824627 Vol.1 Pages: 1-8
- Oboreh Jacob Snapps (2011) Special issue on Africa-based oil exporting companies: The case of Nigeria, American Review of Political Economy
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=2325730953956403706&hl=en&oi=scholarr Vol.3(1) Pages:
- Jacob Snapps Oboreh, FG Umukoro (2011) Contingency Issues of Managerial Activities in Small Firms in Lagos State, Sacha Journal of Policy and Strategic Studies
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1824631 Vol.1 No. 1 Pages: 20-31
- Jacob Snapps Oboreh, FG Umukoro (2011) Determining the impact of environmental characteristics and uncertainty on the strategic plans of corporate organizations, Sacha Journal of Environmental Studies
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1824622 Vol.1 No. 1 Pages: 31-40
- Oboreh J Snapps (2011) Dynamics of poverty among Niger Delta women: An empirical assessment, American Review of Political Economy
https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=6797365833693212323&btnI=1&hl=en Vol.9 No. 1 Pages: 33-44
- Jacob S Oboreh, Umukoro G Francis, Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu (2011) Relationship marketing as an effective strategy by IGBO managed SMEs in Nigeria, Global Journal of Management And Business Research
http://oar.nstl.gov.cn/Paper/PaperInfo/J/1c560611-ae36-4749-8f1e-0721ba9b0baf Vol.II Issue 2 Pages: 255
- Oboreh, J. S. and Mouboghrare, (2011) Economic Benefit of Catfish Farming in Nigeria”. 38th Northeast Business and Economics association Conference Proceedings, held at St. Joseph’s University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Nov. 3rd – 5th , , held at St. Joseph’s University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Nov. 3rd – 5th
https://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=1936203X&AN=101332139&h=JCrMMT0kMMEnt%2fjpXT38heFGlEOwMtJnArl7ox24jNNg%2begc0GyVe9ofeILEJirfjgGP0d91MEG55K2XTH12iA%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d1936203X%26AN%3d101332139 Vol.1 Pages: 446-449
- Oboreh J. S. (2011) An Empirical Assessment of Human Capital Development Programmes in the Nigerian Oil Companies: The Case of SPDC Warri, Nigeria”, Northeast Business and Economics association Conference Proceedings, held at St. Joseph’s University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Nov. 3rd – 5th
https://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=1936203X&AN=101332140&h=vUCDko1vkVBtrWcoLoceK77Owwr%2bqDiAu0iWufa%2fLpsE8aWr8g9jYi2p0i4eM%2bbRvlKZ03dSoGPMj1ZgbRWpxA%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d1936203X%26AN%3d101332140 Vol.1 Pages: 450-453
- Oboreh J. S. (2010) Multi-National Oil Companies and Their Investment on Social Responsibility in Nigeria, 37th Northeast Business and Economics association Conference Proceedings, held at on Sept. 30th -2nd, , Montclair State University, New Jersey USA
https://web.b.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=1936203X&AN=56100850&h=KBQl8mb%2beubt3so3hIUs%2bNdN1OyEOIxxro6%2bA%2bQ9rqqD9p8YYu3EghoVuffJ87FpkqZUtpp%2f%2bbkpHuuX2W2Zcw%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d1936203X%26AN%3d56100850 Vol.1 Pages: 228-231
- Oboreh J.S (2010) The Origin and Causes of Crisis in the Niger Delta: The Way Forward, in Anatomy of the Niger Delta Crisis, Causes, Consequences and Opportunities for peace., Lit Verlag Fresnostr Publishers, Germany.
https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=VRl5qx1IBfMC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Vol. Pages: 17-36
- Snapps, Oboreh Jacob; Samuel, Aghalino (2010) Economic Activities of the Niger Delta People of Nigeria: A Historical Comparison and Lessons to Learn, Proceedings of the Northeast Business & Economics Association
https://www.academia.edu/7627355/Conference_Proceedings_Northeast_Business_and_Economics_Association_37_Economic_Activities_of_the_Niger_Delta_People_of_Nigeria_A_Historical_Comparison_and_Lessons_to_Learn Vol. Pages: 223-227
- Ngerebo O.T. and Oboreh J.S (2010) Quantitative Approach to Managerial Decision Under Risk and Uncertainty, Africa Fous Journal, University of Zimbabwe
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280246460_QUANTITATIVE_APPROACH_TO_MANAGERIAL_DECISION_UNDER_RISK_AND_UNCERTAINTY_Ngerebo-a_TA_SnappsOJ Vol.5 Pages: 99-108
- Oboreh J.S. (2010) Fundamentals of Data Processing, End Time Publishers, Ibadan, Nigeria,
Vol.1(2) Pages: 1-148
- Oboreh J. S. (2010) The Failure of the Seven Point Agenda and The Way forward ,, International Journal of Social And Policy Resaerch .
Vol.5(1) Pages: 33-43
- Oboreh J. S. (2010) Solution Approach to Queuing Models in Delta State University Online Registration System” , International Journal of Social and Policy Research.
Vol.5(1) Pages: 116-125
- Oboreh J. S. (2009) Information Technology: The Stimulating Force Behind EconomicGlobalization And Development” Society And Development Journal, Journal of Sociological Society.. Vol. 1 NO 1 and 2 . PP. 141-152 , Society And Development Journal, Journal,
Vol.1(2) Pages: 141-152
- Oboreh J. S. (2009) Influence of Globalization in the Adoption of Information Technology in the Nigerian Banking Industry”, The University Advanced Research Journal, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Vol.1(1) Pages: 112-124
- Oboreh J.S (2009) Cybercafe and Entrepreneurial Initiative in Nigeria, , Nigerian Academy of Management Journal,
Vol. 3(1) 1 Pages: 137-149
- 1. Oboreh J.S. (2009) Eradicating Poverty Through Entrepreneurial Development Initiative and the MDGs: The Failures of the Nigerian Government and Solutions”. , Journal of Chatered Institute of Marketing, Nigeria ,
Vol.1(2) Pages: 48-60
- Oboreh J. S. (2009) Customers Perception Towards the Use of Information Technology in the Nigerian Banking System , Conference Proceedings , 2009. International Conference on Economics, Business Management and Marketing. Held in Singapore Oct. 9th – 11th
Vol.1 Pages: 225-229
- Oboreh J.S and Osazerbaru, H.O (2008) Frame Work for Job Costing in Service Operations, Journal of African Contemporary Research, Faculty of Management Sciences
Vol.1 No. 3 Pages: 52-59
- Oboreh J. S. and Osazerbaru, H. O . (2008) Issues and Challenges of e-Commerce in Nigeria, Readings in Business Journal ; , Faculty of Management Science. University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt
Vol.1(1) Pages: 267-280
- Oboreh J.S (2008) Wage and Productivity of the Nigerian Workers: A Policy Emphasis , Readings in Business ,, Faculty of Management Science. University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt
Vol.2 Pages: 17-36
- Oboreh J.S. and Orubu C. O. (2008) Compensation practices for the Use of Surface Natural resources in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry: The Need For an appropriate Policy Framework,International Postgraduate Researchers’Conference Proceedingss on “Meeting the Challenges in the Coastal Region of Nigeria”, University of Abertay Dundee Scotland, United Kingdom.
Vol.1 Pages: 26-32
- Oboreh J. S. and Osazerbaru, H. O. (2008) Earning per Share on Corporate Annual Report and Share Price”. Journal of African Contemporary Research, , ,Faculty of management science, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt
Vol.1(1) Pages: 65-74
- Oboreh J. S. and Osazerbaru, H. O. (2008) Patterns of Stock Market Prices in Nigeria”, Journal of African Contemporary Research, , Journal of African Contemporary Research, ,Faculty of management science, University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt.
Vol.1(1) Pages: 53-61
- Oboreh J. S. and Osazerbaru, H. O. (2008) Determining optimal Advertising Budgets: A Synthesis of Existing Models,, International Journal of Business Studies,
Vol.5(1) Pages: 1-11
- Oboreh J. S. (2008) Product Life Cycle and Marketing Strategies, Implication for the Entrepreneurs,, Journal of Marketing Research. Institute of Marketing of Nigeria,
Vol.2(2) Pages: 89-101
- Oboreh J. S. (2007) Markets in Delta State; in Delta State in Maps , , Publication of the Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Faculty oF Social Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka.
Vol.5(1) Pages: 185-187
- Hamilton D.I. and Oboreh J.S. (2006) Social responsibility Performance and Corporate Survival in the Niger Delta, West African Journal of Business, Faculty of Management Sciences
Vol.8 No. 1 Pages: 236-250
- Hamilton D.I. and Oboreh J.S. (2006) Nature of Organizational Politics in Nigeria Work Organizations, West African Journal of Business, Faculty of Management Sciences
Vol.8 No. 2 Pages: 234-2
- Yomere G.O and Oboreh J.S (2000) Cooperative model for Managing the Supply Chain, Journal of Management and Organizations. Faculty of Management Sciences
Vol. Pages: 74-78
