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1. Penal Power and Colonial Rule

   By Mark Brown

   Penal Power and Colonial Rule provides an account of the distinctive way in which criminology developed outside the metropolitan centre. Proposing a radical revision of the Foucauldian thesis that criminological knowledge emerged in the service of a new form of power – discipline – that had...

   To Be Published December 31st 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
2. Rural Transformations and Rural Policies in the US and UK

   Edited by Mark Shucksmith, David L. Brown, Sally Shortall, Jo Vergunst, Mildred E. Warner

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   This book examines the transformations of rural society and economy in the UK and US during the last half-century, and explores the significance of these trends and changes for community sustainability, quality of life and the environment. While both the UK and US are highly urbanised, rural people...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Criteria (5-Pack)

   16th Edition

   By Mark Graham Brown

   Updated yearly to match changing requirements, this guide is designed to help you understand the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige criteria are being used by thousands of organizations around the world to evaluate their progress toward becoming the best in their...

   Published April 11th 2011 by Productivity Press
4. The Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Criteria (5-Pack)

   15th Edition

   By Mark Graham Brown

   Updated yearly to match changing requirement, this guide is designed to help you understand the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Most organizations that use the Baldrige criteria have no interest in applying for, or winning, the award. It is not about the award, or how to...

   Published March 22nd 2011 by Productivity Press
5. Baldrige Award Winning Quality -- 17th Edition

   How to Interpret the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence

   By Mark Graham Brown

   The Definitive Guide to Mastering the Baldrige Award Now in its 17th fully updated edition, this volume is the most widely used and recognized guide to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. This simple and comprehensive resource enables companies to master the exhaustive criteria of the...

   Published April 16th 2008 by Productivity Press
6. Trade, Aid and Security

   An Agenda for Peace and Development

   By Mark Halle

   Edited by Oli Brown, Sonia Pena Moreno, Sebastian Winkler

   'A compelling contribution to our evolving understanding of the links between trade, aid and security ? and what the international community needs to do to ensure peace and development in the world.' Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme 'For far too long the...

   Published January 30th 2007 by Routledge
7. Beyond the Balanced Scorecard

   Improving Business Intelligence with Analytics

   By Mark Graham Brown

   Improve the "Health" of Your Organization by Using the Right Metrics! The vast majority of companies use some form of balanced scorecard to measure performance measu, yet recent research suggests that most scorecards are based on singular, unsophisticated measurements, providing...

   Published January 11th 2007 by Productivity Press
8. Winning Score

   How to Design and Implement Organizational Scorecards

   By Mark Graham Brown

   Now in Paperback! Highlighted with valuable tips and Brown's firsthand experiences, Winning Score is an excellent tool for constructing a performance measurement system. It explains how to lay the foundation for the balanced scorecard by developing operational and strategic plans. Winning Score...

   Published January 2nd 2007 by Productivity Press
9. Keeping Score

   Using the Right Metrics to Drive World Class Performance

   By Mark Graham Brown

   Keeping Scoreensures that you look at the right metrics. The author contends that metrics must focus on the past, present, and future and be based on the needs of the customers, shareholders, and employees. Measuring everything is more damaging than measuring nothing -- pinpointing the vital...

   Published October 29th 2006 by Productivity Press
10. Baldrige Award Winning Quality - 14th Edition

    How to Interpret the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence

    By Mark Graham Brown

    The Baldrige criteria have been updated and finely tuned for 2005. Reflecting recent events, the new criteria include a focus on an organization's business ethics and governance systems. It asks how a company plans to stay operational during an emergency event, such as a terrorist act or a natural...

    Published April 7th 2005 by Productivity Press