Ramon J. Aldag

Ramon J. "Ray" Aldag (born 1945 in Beccles, Suffolk, England) is an American academic and professor emeritus of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin School of Business, where he held the Glen A. Skillrud Family Chair in Business. He is known for his research in organizational behavior, group decision-making processes (including a major reappraisal of groupthink), and for serving as the 47th president of the Academy of Management (1991-1992).

Early life and education Aldag received a B.S. in mechanical engineering (1966), an M.B.A. in production management (1968), and a Ph.D. in management (1974), all from Michigan State University.

Career Early in his career, Aldag worked as a thermal engineer on Apollo and Voyager projects, including the Lunar Roving Vehicle and the Passive Seismometer, at the Bendix Aerospace Division in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He served as chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources, executive director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship (2002-2012), and associate director of the Industrial Relations Research Institute.

He received the Jerrod Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993 and the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management in 1995. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World and received the Alfred Nelson Marcus Lifetime Achievement Award.

Selected publications