A survey on definitions and interpretations of scholars about the concept of Islamic management

Abstract

This research aimed to explore, investigate, categorize and discuss definitions and concepts concerning Islamic management in the views of related scholars and experts. Islamic management has long been an important research field about social and political philosophy of Islam in the minds of thinkers and supporters of the Iranian Islamic Revolution. Hence, over the years, various researchers from universities and seminaries have dealt with the discussion, conceptualization and presentation of definitions in this area. This research paper examines the history and studies concerning Islamic management in the works and ideas of philosophers and theorists of this field of science. In order to recognize numerous and different concepts and definitions regarding Islamic management, these were discussed analytically. To analyze the related literature, the method of qualitative content analysis was used in addition to studying library documents. The analysis and classifications showed that each of the experts and scholars of Islamic management provide definitions and explanations based on their own perceptions of Islam in a way that a kind of Islamic management concept can be derived from. However, they have not yet achieved a unified definition. Thus, this definition can be placed into five general categories: divine and monotheistic view, educational view regarding human development, value based view, technical view to Islamic management and finally synthetic or multiple views.

Keywords

• management
• islamic management
• perspective
• definition
• concept
• management in islam