I suspect that this is part of the problem with many big manufacturing companies these days. Ford was a leader for so many years was because their leadership was passionate about engineering and manufacturing. Henry Ford was an engineer for the Edison Company before he was a manager and is famous for obsessing about every detail of the manufacturing process. That sort of spirit infected the company up through the 1960's and 70's when the MBA's took over and everything was reduced to a column of numbers.
It appears that many early tech companies (TI, HP) have headed in the same direction. Maybe 30 - 40 years is the limit before the accountants take over.
A Ford bought today is less expensive, considerably safer, more efficient, and more reliable than a Ford from the days of Henry Ford.
Meanwhile, today's manufacturing companies routinely make objects – like the processor driving the machine that you are reading this on – that are orders of magnitude more complex than the most advanced technology of 1959.
And all of this was done by companies that employ lots of accountants. I'm not sure why you think that accountants and engineers don't routinely coexist, or that Henry Ford didn't employ plenty of accountants back in his day. Being able to manufacture good stuff in bulk at reasonable prices is a major exercise in accounting, and always has been.
It appears that many early tech companies (TI, HP) have headed in the same direction. Maybe 30 - 40 years is the limit before the accountants take over.