Why is programming management so stone-age? I realize it's been often compared to herding cats, but are things really so bad that a simple problem gets a "lazy

Why is programming management so stone-age? I realize it's been often compared to herding cats, but are things really so bad that a simple problem gets a "lazy programmers" and "get new ones" response? And from a management point of view, in any other domain it _would_ be a simple problem. Imagine complaining that your architects don't make your houses energy-efficient enough. So you get new architects?! No... you talk to them, you set standards, you check their designs or have managers check them... you solve the problem with the many management tools developed over the years. But when it comes to programming, we barely see this at all, at least not in small companies. Why?!