Ursula Franklin has a bit about the difference between "holistic" technology, where a single generalist can learn the process from beginning to end (regardless of whether they do the work alone or in a group)...vs. "prescriptive" technology where the process needs to be broken down into steps to be carried out by multiple specialists, and no individual specialist can go through every step of the process themselves.

do you have the source for this bit? i’d love to read more

Yup! https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Real_World_of_Technology.html?id=LziQT3YS_2sC