biz novels by Goldratt, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt#Business_novels

maybe start with The Goal.  if you don’t mind spoilers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goal_(novel)

budgeting causes significant problems
Beyond budgeting, www.bbrt.org/, www.bbrt.org/beyond-budgeting/bb-problem.html

“The underlying theory behind project management is obsolete” 2002 paper from Greg Howell & Lauri Koskela
www.leanconstruction.org/pdf/ObsoleteTheory.pdf

(below, go to the linked sources if topic is interesting…)

on performance reviews:
ingvald.posterous.com/yearly-performance-review-is-out-dated
ingvald.posterous.com/get-rid-of-the-performance-review-wsjcom

ingvald.posterous.com/the-purpose-of-a-company-is-not-to-make-money

ingvald.posterous.com/stupid-goals-are-better-than-smart-goals-agil