If you’re serious about having conversations with professional managers around corporate performance management an understanding of some of its key underlying principals can be invaluable; reading “Managing in a Time of Great Change” is probably one of the fastest ways to ramp on those concepts, many of which are as relevant today as they were 15 years ago (some even more so, surprisingly)

The upside of its being out-of-print is that you can buy copies on the internet for less than a dollar right now; for those that do buy this book it’ll probably be one of the highest ROI investments you’ll ever make J

http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Great-Change-Peter-Drucker/dp/0452278376

The worldview of management guru Drucker is carefully thought out and simply composed, which makes his works easy to digest. Similar to his Managing for the Future (LJ 1/92), this book is a collection of essays and articles previously published in well-known periodicals since 1991. Drucker selected pieces that received positive responses and made them into chapters arranged by four topics: management, information-based organization, the economy, and society. In some instances, a few essays were lengthened, and the epilog was written strictly for the book. Executives and longtime Drucker aficionados will particularly enjoy having these well-regarded essays in one package. Highly recommended for all business collections.

--Rebecca A. Smith, Harvard Business School Library