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Management by Islam (MBI)
Management by Islam (MBI)
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And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
(Aali Imraan, Verse 104)
Management by Islam (MBI) offers an Islam-centric management approach for Godconscious professionals. It is a governance model that provides a positive spiritual dimension to existing management principles for restoring the balance in everyday management decision-making processes; enjoining that which is good and forbidding that which is evil. The rest of this paper discusses the key elements of MBI in offering a balanced approach to implementing, managing and sustaining organizational growth and development initiatives.
MBI as a Balance Enabler And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance. That you not transgress within the balance. And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
(Al Rahmaan Verse 7-9) The belief that mankind is endowed with a certain set of responsibilities that require balance, is paramount in understanding MBI. Maintenance of balance is not a mere recommendation but a divine order. Although Islam may play a balancing role when it comes to our personal lives, seldom do we inject and harmonize our businesses, organizations and institutions with that balanced Islamic thought. If implemented correctly, MBI can be the balance enabler in organizational governance models for implementing globally harmonized God-centric business policies and standards.
He bound you when you said, "We hear and we obey"; and fear God
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The SALAM Methodology Sense of Purpose Applying the Framework Learning Organizational Wisdom Accepting the Flexibility in Practice Mastering the Process
Sense of Purpose And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly
(Saad, Verse 27). The first step in the MBI roadmap is defining organizational goals and the goals of each of its members. If there is a purpose for Gods creation of heaven and earth and everything in between, why shouldnt there be purpose to what we do as human beings? Having a sense of direction is a vital component of success in the business world. Our bearings should be calibrated to the right course constantly; otherwise we may not reach our destination. A sense of purpose, the reason why, should therefore be the underlining cause for all actions that are undertaken. The first building block for MBI is therefore the ability to have a sense of purpose. Purpose is the fuel that drives our engines. It is the reason why we do what we do. That is why in the corporate world everything is tied to goals, strategies, missions and visions. These are all tools for inducing a sense of purpose.
To each is a goal to which God turns him; then strive together (as in a race) towards all that is good. Where so ever ye are, He will bring you together. For He hath power over all things.
(Al Baqarah, Verse 148)
It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).
(Aali Imraan, Verse 3) 4
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Hadith of the Prophet, transmitted in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim and other authentic hadith sources.
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