New Zealand management professor
Victoria Jane Mabin, also van den Broek-Mabin, is a New Zealand management academic, and is a professor emeritus at Victoria University of Wellington. Mabin is a Fellow of the UK Operational Research Society and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization.
Academic career
Mabin completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours at the University of Canterbury in 1975, where she was a student of Hans Daellenbach.[1] She then completed a PhD titled Variability in distribution at the Department of Operational Research at the University of Lancaster.[2][3] Mabin worked at DSIR before joining the faculty of Victoria University of Wellington in 1991, rising to full professor as Professor of Management in 2012.[3][4] Mabin was the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) for Victoria's School of Business for six years from 2008.[3][4] In 2020 she retired and was made emeritus professor.[4]
Mabin's research focused on operational research and the theory of constraints.[5] She has served as the President of the Operations Research Society of New Zealand.[3]
One of Mabin's notable doctoral students is Professor Sarah Leberman.[6]
Awards
In 2004 Mabin was elected a Fellow of the Operational Research Society in the UK.[7]
In 2018 the Operations Research Society of New Zealand awarded her the Hans Daellenbach Prize, which is awarded to 'distinguished contributors' of operational research.[1]
Mabin was part of a team of four researchers awarded the Griffiths Medal by the Operational Research Society (UK) in 2019 for the best article in the journal Health Systems in 2017–2018.[8]
Mabin was awarded a TOCICO Lifetime Achievement Award by the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization in 2021, "in recognition for significant contribution to the TOC community to advance the TOC body of knowledge".[9]
Selected works
- Victoria J. Mabin; Steven J. Balderstone (1 June 2003). "The performance of the theory of constraints methodology: Analysis and discussion of successful TOC applications". International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 23 (6): 568–595. doi:10.1108/01443570310476636. ISSN 0144-3577. Wikidata Q130257682.
- Victoria J. Mabin; Steve Forgeson; Lawrence Green (1 March 2001). "Harnessing resistance: using the theory of constraints to assist change management". Journal of European Industrial Training. 25 (2/3/4): 168–191. doi:10.1108/EUM0000000005446. ISSN 0309-0590. Wikidata Q130257665.
- Victoria J. Mabin; Steven J. Balderstone (27 April 2020). The World of the Theory of Constraints: A Review of the International Literature. doi:10.4324/9780429273056. ISBN 978-0-429-27305-6. Wikidata Q130257692.
- Seonmin Kim; Victoria Jane Mabin; John Davies (February 2008). "The theory of constraints thinking processes: retrospect and prospect". International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 28 (2): 155–184. doi:10.1108/01443570810846883. ISSN 0144-3577. Wikidata Q56158540.
- J. Davies; V.J. Mabin; S.J. Balderstone (December 2005). "The theory of constraints: a methodology apart?—a comparison with selected OR/MS methodologies". OMEGA International Journal of Management Science. 33 (6): 506–524. doi:10.1016/J.OMEGA.2004.07.015. ISSN 0305-0483. Wikidata Q130257656.
References
- ^ a b "Professor Vicky Mabin awarded ORSNZ Hans Daellenbach Prize | Ōrauariki / Wellington School of Business and Government | Te Herenga Waka". Victoria University of Wellington. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ Mabin, Victoria Jane (1981). Variability in distribution (PhD thesis). University of Lancaster.
- ^ a b c d Management, Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Commerce School of (26 October 2021). "Professor Vicky Mabin | Te Kura Whakahaere / School of Management | Te Herenga Waka". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington". people.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Victoria Mabin – Speaker Bio". TOCICO. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ Leberman, Sarah (1999). The Transfer of Learning from the Classroom to the Workplace: a New Zealand Case Study (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/wgtn.16945753.
- ^ Society, The OR (27 May 2004). "Check out Prof Victoria Mabin FORS's Fellow of the OR Society credential issued by The OR Society". credsverse.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Prof Vicky Mabin part of Griffiths Medal winning team – Operations Research Society of New Zealand". orsnz.org.nz. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "TOCICO Awards Archive – Lifetime Achievement Award". Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization. 31 July 2021.
External links
- Vicky Mabin and her Theory Of Constraints journey – Expert talk, recorded 2023, via YouTube
