The book would be an anthropological study. Having worked as a freelancer for more than 15 years, seen many companies from startups to large finance I see these patterns over and over again, it's like human nature.

Totally unrelated companies have these exact same flaws. Clueless middle management driven by money and ego making these destructive decisions. At the same time, a group of engineers at a startup without much management can go rogue and burn millions on fancy tech and frameworks without making anything useful.

The only successful projects I have seen is with a capable senior engineer in the team, who can listen and understand what a tradeoff is. If this senior is trusted by both the team and the manger the team can be effective.