Corporate surgeries are tricky business. A simple error here and a minor lapse there could put your corporation miles away from its goals. The chronicle of corporate restructuring is replete with stories of heartening hits and mournful misses, and each one of them comes with a lesson for potential corporate rejiggers.

Canons of Corporate Surgery takes you through 15 such sacrosanct lessons, all backed by live-wire cases from India Inc of the Nineties. But, remember, these canons are timeless and hold good wherever you are.

Racily written in a corporate whodunit style, this handy work brings you the ground rules for successful corporate rejigs, relevant case studies and piercing peek into post-rejig performances. If you are toying with the idea of rejigging your corporation, begin with this must-read, must-refer and must-possess manual.