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Azhar Kazmi
This paper is a modest attempt to delineate some directions for research in the emerging field of Islamic perspectives to management studies. A case is built up initially by establishing that such research is scanty and then the reasons for scholarly disinterest and the measures possible to deal it with are discussed. The central theme of the paper is built on a typology of approaches. These four approaches have been expressed in colloquial terms as the “dig the gold”, “chinks in the armor”, “delve deeper”, and the “hands-on” approaches. Simultaneously, four directions of research are identified in terms of the environment, organization, relationship of the organization to the environment, and the effective management of organizations. A research framework is evolved on the basis of these four directions. When the research framework is meshed with the research approaches, a broad canvas for research emerges which then leads to the identification of research issues. The paper proceeds to propose certain other aspects for research agenda in terms of the levels of analyses, choice of research design, research methods and time frame.
1. INTRODUCTION ; Islamic perspectives on management studies are an emerging field of enquiry in academia. A review of the existing literature on the subject indicates that it is a neglected and relatively unexplored area for research work. A significant departure from the conventional research in management studies takes place when Islamic perspectives are described and discussed on the basis of the revealed sources of Islamic knowledge considering them as valid for the purpose of research. Besides these, there is potential for applying conventional research methodology to generate significant and meaningful perspectives from Islamic sources.
This paper looks at the significant developments taking place in research on issues related to Islamic perspectives on management studies and attempts to identify some specific challenges in this emerging field of inquiry. I have tried to organize my ideas around significant research themes and incorporate them into a broad research agenda in the field of Islamic perspectives on management studies. The paper, therefore, is an account not only of a proposed agenda incorporating research themes but also suggests the choice of research design, levels of analyses, methodologies and the time frame for research.
The purpose of this paper is to crystallize my own thinking on the issue and to share it with, and motivate fellow academicians to focus their research energies, coupled with their religious and spiritual fervor, into time-bound purposeful research activities that may provide them the satisfaction of venturing into a field of inquiry the time for which seems to have arrived.
I start with a critical glance at the existing literature aimed at identifying the tenor of efforts at present. By way of a prologue to the paper, the question of why research in the area has not attracted the attention of academicians and what the probable causes could be is followed by a brief section on what measures could be undertaken to deal with this lack of interest. The core of the paper, related to the contours of a research agenda, follows this prologue.
The proposed research agenda is built around ten sub-themes as below. Statement of a research mission Professor, Department of Business Administration, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
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