Study of Leadership Style in Islamic Management

This research seeks to answer this question, “how is the leadership style in Islamic management?” The Islamic teachings related to leadership are collected, described and analyzed by descriptive-analytical method and are based on library technique in data collection. Basically, leadership style has strong relation with any kind of anthropology. If we consider a type of inherent dignity for human being, the manner of his leadership and interaction will be merciful and if we suppose him base and ignoble, the leadership method is arbitrary and humiliating. The hypothesis of this research is that leadership method in Islamic management is merciful; because it is based on the inherent dignity of humans. This method is taken from what Imam Ali said “a leader should merge the maximum flexibility with minimum intensity in an organization and when he faces with individuals, shows flexibility and compromise and when necessary, he shows severity.” Severity is seen when betrayal, violation and such this happens. Each of the leadership components has its own indexes and hierarchies. Using the leadership method requires principles and preparations that the most important of them is tolerance. If this approach is taken in order to please God, it can also be named "spiritual leadership". This leadership method is also effective on other management tasks.