[ragle]

"Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle For the Soul of American Business"[1] by Bob Lutz tells this story really well, from Lutz' vantage point trying to salvage General Motors from the clutches of an army of MBAs.

There's a decent summary of the book (and the general problem) in the 2012 Time article "Driven off the Road by MBAs"[2] as well.

[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Car-Guys-vs-Bean-Counters-ebook/dp/B0...

[2] - http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2081930...