History
A Department of Management Science was established at Imperial in 1971 under the leadership of Samuel Eilon. The department was comprised of staff and students from Imperial's Industrial Sociology Unit and at its inception had 15 academic staff and around 60 students on an MSc course. Over subsequent years the department grew and its focus shifted towards business studies.
In 1987 the Department of Management Science was merged with Imperial's Department of Social and Economic Studies to form a new School of Management, based in new purpose built accommodation on Exhibition Road. David Norbun was the first Director. The School launched a new three-year part time Executive MBA course.
In 2000 Gary A. Tanaka, an alumnus of Imperial, agreed to make a substantial donation to the college. It was decided to utilse the donation, together with other resources, to fund the transformation of the School of Management into a research-led business school. Tanaka ultimately donated a total of £27 million to Imperial, of which £25 million went to the new business school, in what was at the time the largest single donation to any European business school. The new Tanaka Business School was launched in 2003, with David Begg as Director. In August 2008 the school was renamed Imperial College Business School.
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