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Abstract: Allah (Swt) has addressed the believers as Ummah(nation), which implies the necessity of leadership in Islam. Allah says to his Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) Mohammad (pbuh) says "Every one of you is a shepherd and every one of you is responsible for what he is shepherd of" (Sahih Al Bukhari). Islam as a complete code of life has a set of principles, guidelines for managers to lead the human resources in an organization. This study is an attempt to find out the basic guidelines laid down in Islam for organizational leadership. It has pointed out the operational principles of managerial leadership, managerial grid theory, leadership continuum, team building-team spirit and qualities of an organizational leader from the Islam perspective and some empirical observation from one of the Muslim populated country.

Keywords: leadership, organization, islamic views, operational guide

1. Introduction

Allah (Swt) has created mankind with a noble objective that people would lead their lives in peace and harmony following the tenets of His revelations sent down through Prophets from time to time since the very beginning of the society. Leadership is one of the core corners in our social activities (Patwary, 2003). It refers to a process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objective (Koontz, 1994). In view of Islam, leader is a member of a team who is given a certain rank and is expected to perform in a manner of consistent with it (rank).

2. Objectives of the study

In this article, the authors took interest to highlight the various aspects of organizational leadership from Islamic perspective. The specific objectives of the study are:

* To focus on the concept of organizational leadership;

* To distinguish between conventional and Islamic Leadership;

* To identify the basic characteristics, principles and qualities of Islamic leadership;

* To suggest a 'Model of Managerial Leadership from Islamic Perspective,

* To present the practical situation of organizational leadership in of Bangladesh.

3. Methodology

This study is a desk-based with practical observation. To find out the development in organizational leadership and related Islamic issues, the authors consulted available literatures in this field, various publications, research monograms, journal and magazines. The study was structured in the light of the research objectives....

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