Management in Islamic Countries

Chapter 1

Why the Need of Islamic Management Principles

Study Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to understand the following:

1. Importance of work, business, and trade in Islam

2. Growing interest of management and religiosity as a topic of interest to various groups

3. Why managers need to know about Islamic management (IM) principles

In the world of publishing, the first few exchange of documents between the potential author and the publishers entails submitting a book proposal. I remember doing one for “Islamic Management Principles”: the book in your hands right now. I thought it would be a good idea to let all readers know why my ideas on the importance of this topic interested Business Expert publishers.

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