Leadership: Qur'anic Principles for the Contemporary Business World

This professional book provides a practical perspective on Islam’s view on leadership by blending leadership theories with Islamic values and is presented in an easily relatable manner for Muslim and non-Muslim audiences alike. The authors believe that leaders require an in-depth understanding of psychology and sociology to effectively deal with subordinates, suppliers, customers and other stakeholders.

This book will present a model of leadership from an Islamic perspective which will include the following components:
• a review of the leadership literature (3 chapters)
• a review of basic Islamic principles that relate to leadership (2 chapters)
• a critical thinking component (1 chapter)
• a problem solving component (1 chapter)
• a communication component (1 chapter)
• a component on how to deal effectively with people (4 chapters)
• a component that deals with the systems perspective (2 chapters)
• a component that deals with developing Islamic leadership traits (7 chapters)