TY - JOUR AU - Fontaine, Rodrigue PY - 2021/06/17 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Seven Narrations: An Islamic Management Perspective JF - International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting JA - IJEMA VL - 29 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.31436/ijema.v29i1.814 UR - https://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/814 SP - 1-21 AB - <p>This study pertains to <em>Islamic</em> management. <em>Islamic</em> management introduces the <em>Qur’an</em> and the <em>Sunnah</em> into the practice of management. To date, most of the focus has been on introducing <em>Qur’anic</em> concepts. Introducing concepts from the <em>Sunnah</em> has been lacking. In some cases, scholars have quoted narrations but not offered any explanations. Using an action research methodology, the author looked at how best to introduce an understanding of the <em>Sunnah</em> to undergraduate students of <em>Islamic</em> management. In the first cycle, students were asked to reflect on an-Nawawi’s Forty<em> Hadith</em>. Although this text is recognized as an excellent summary of the <em>Sunnah</em>, it proved to be too comprehensive for the limited time available. The author selected seven very comprehensive narrations and linked them to the management principles of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. A second cycle was initiated and that proved much more successful. Knowing these narrations alone is not enough. Each narration is tied to a key principle in the <em>Sunnah</em> so that a detailed explanation must accompany each narration. Such an approach helps practitioners of <em>Islamic</em> management to better apply the Prophetic Leadership Model.</p> ER -