Robert S. Friedman

Dr. Robert S. Friedman is Associate Professor of Humanities and Information Technology, Director of the Science, Technology and Society program, and Director of the Distributed Faculty of Social Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology, in Newark, New Jersey. His research examines science and culture, socio-technical systems design, and the role of technology in education. Dr. Friedman holds advanced degrees in the Humanities and Information Systems, has published books and peer-reviewed articles concerning information and communication technologies, technologies in education, as well as the history of science and technology in 19th-century America. Dr. Friedman serves as Editor-in-Chief of the ACM’s Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education’s peer-reviewed SIGITE Newsletter, and teaches an array of graduate and undergraduate courses on socio-technical systems in their cultural contexts

Publications

Social Influence and Human Interaction with Technology
Social Influence and Human Interaction with Technology
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2010. 20 pages.
This chapter discusses how information that supports innovation flows throughout an organization, the construction and effects of team composition, the innovative processes that...
Principle Concepts of Technology and Innovation Management: Critical Research Models
Principle Concepts of Technology and Innovation Management: Critical Research Models
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 322 pages.
The broad, interdisciplinary field of technology and innovation management contains emergent boundaries as well as developing frameworks and theories. Due to the dynamic nature...
Validation of E-Learning Courses in Computer Science and Humanities: A Matter of Context
Validation of E-Learning Courses in Computer Science and Humanities: A Matter of Context
Robert S. Friedman, Fadi P. Deek, Norbert Elliot. © 2009. 19 pages.
In order to offer a unified framework for the empirical assessment of e-learning (EL), this chapter presents findings from three studies conducted at a comprehensive...
Introduction to the Field of Technology Innovation Management
Introduction to the Field of Technology Innovation Management
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 30 pages.
This book differs from other academic works on the management of technology and innovation because it focuses on the seminal research of the field. Such work continues to be...
R&D Process Models
R&D Process Models
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 24 pages.
This chapter on research and development processes and models begins with a section concerning the economics and finance of R&D. Liberatore and Titus (1983) address the level and...
Technology Development and Innovative Practice
Technology Development and Innovative Practice
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 27 pages.
This chapter on innovative practice supporting technological development has several thematic overlays that show some consistency in terms of patterns, but also some diversity in...
Social Influence and Human Interaction with Technology
Social Influence and Human Interaction with Technology
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 26 pages.
This chapter discusses how information that supports innovation flows throughout an organization, the construction and effects of team composition, the innovative processes that...
Diffusion and Innovation: An Organizational Perspective
Diffusion and Innovation: An Organizational Perspective
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 21 pages.
This chapter introduces the seminal literature addressing technological diffusion, innovative product diversification, and the organizational strategies and constraints that...
Knowledge and Change in Organizations
Knowledge and Change in Organizations
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 30 pages.
This chapter on the role of knowledge in the operation of organizations consists of two main thrusts: the effects of knowledge (accrual, dissemination, and implementation) on...
Organizational Innovation Strategy
Organizational Innovation Strategy
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 30 pages.
There are three dominant themes that run through this chapter on organizational innovation strategy: the rate and nature of change; attitudes, behaviors, and strategic change;...
New Product Development
New Product Development
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 24 pages.
The articles addressed in this chapter on new product development can be classified in two general categories—papers that address the internal processes that assist or hinder...
Information and Communication Technology Management
Information and Communication Technology Management
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 33 pages.
In this chapter on information and communication technology management, we retain a chronological order to emphasize the development of research interests and approaches as...
Open Source and Software Development Innovation
Open Source and Software Development Innovation
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 30 pages.
It is beyond question how ubiquitous and powerful computing has become for commerce, communication, and culture. As the articles addressed in this chapter make clear, the...
Directions in the Field of Technology Innovation Management
Directions in the Field of Technology Innovation Management
Robert S. Friedman, Desiree M. Roberts, Jonathan D. Linton. © 2009. 20 pages.
Although the goal of this book is to provide foundational knowledge through indepth consideration of the seminal literature in the technology innovation management field, we now...