The Rationality of Jihadi Management

Document Type : Original Article

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1 .MSc of management of governmental organizations, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran

2 Corresponding author: assistant professor at the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran

Abstract

As the foundation of management, rationality can provide distinctive features for schools of management. At present, in spite of attention to religious rationality in the current researches, the rationality of Jihadi management has not been specifically addressed. This research is aimed at understanding the rationality of Jihadi management by investigating related verses to Jihad in the following commentaries of the Holy Qur’an: “Almizan”, “Nemoneh”, “Majmaulbayan”, and “Tasnim”. Speeches of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution concerning Jihadi management as well as the views of the scholars have also been studied. This research follows a comparative qualitative content analysis. Accordingly, in the first stage, three types of rationalities, that is, theoretical, practical and performance, were selected as the comprehensive categories. An analysis of the various documents and interviews resulted in the identification of the subcategories. The study resulted in 791 codes, which were categorized into 75 sub-themes, 12 main themes and three types of wisdom, which were included in the final model of the research. The results indicated that theoretical rationality includes belief in the struggle between right and wrong and special compassion from God: practical rationality includes religious components, attention to supernatural power, and fighting against the enemies; finally, performance rationality includes the components of wisdom, sacrifice, the constructive relationship between the leader and the followers, the problem-orientation, systematicity, the proper encounter with the enemy, and endeavor.

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  • Receive Date: 30 October 2018
  • Revise Date: 20 February 2019
  • Accept Date: 24 February 2020

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