tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931263455118953182011-12-10T16:49:32.538-05:00Management by Islam (MBI) is an Islam-centric management approach for God-conscious professionals. MBI offers a balanced approach in implementing, managing and sustaining personal and organizational roles and responsibilities. It is a governance model that provides a positive spiritual dimension to existing management principles for restoring the balance in everyday management decision making processes; enjoining that which is good and forbidding that which is wrong.Abrar Ansarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677874831028992615noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293126345511895318.post-78079309954993748482011-04-13T16:11:00.000-04:002011-04-13T16:11:23.852-04:00

Just like individuals band together to create families and families come together to create societies, our collective conscience creates the conscience of the society we live in. Since our societies depict realities that stem from our collective conscience, it is important that our perception of those realities is firmly rooted in a moral and just socio-economic system. The realities that stemmed

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So in your face, obviousThat no one seems to careHollow molds of emptinessNo more hope left to shareResurrecting from withinRekindling the flareRise up O down troddenChange the state of affairYour revolution is waitingThere are responsibilities to bearLet's take them on, one more timeWith unison we declareWe'll fight for human dignityTo eradicate despair… The agitation that started in Tunisia is

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All human beings are endowed with certain capabilities that are God given innate to our souls. What we do with these capabilities in this life is up to us. We will be held accountable for them one day! Once we can understand that accountability in our everyday living, we go through a spiritual awakening. This short book of poems is about my inward journey; my attempt to decipher the meaning of

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In a free market system corporate governance is generally a lagging influencer, meaning that we introduce rules and regulations after a negative event has already occurred. Our knee jerk reactions to unforeseen performance results almost always give rise to efforts for greater transparencies. Although greater transparencies may create short term performance correction, they seldom create

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I once asked a very successful business man whom I was working for, what is it that I can do to make you happy? He said with a smile on his face, "Just excel in everything you do and never stop learning." I did not understand what he meant back then, but he knew exactly what he was asking me to do. Although my ability to excel and become successful within his organization did help me

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The MBI FrameworkLife is based on a single set of directives –a divine manual called the Quran, for stipulating a code of submission; a code that applies evenly to all realms of our lives without distinction. So if Quran is that set of policy directives, the word of God Himself, then Prophet Muhammad’s character (May Peace and Blessing of God be with Him) is the behavioral manifestation of the

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A Risk-based Submission Management Approach Reactive ad hoc solutions just do not provide a strong enough systemic approach in mitigating risks. Risks can only be minimized if we have total understanding of our goals, our responsibilities and our duties to perform the task at hand. Only a well founded and properly implemented management approach can provide a measure of confidence that good

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American Muslim landscape has changed dramatically since 9/11. America’s political culture, legal environment and public discourse have become structurally Islamophobic.1 On one hand Muslim organizations have made significant strives in opening up their doors and engaging in civic and interfaith dialogue. On the other hand the perpetuation of fear of prosecution and lack of due process in

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Debt leveraging is a detrimental financial concepts; a concept fueled by the desire to capitalize an asset beyond its leveraged value - securities of packaged subprime loans and credit default swaps. This desire to keep on leveraging with perpetuity has led to the collapse of large US financial institutes. 15 or so banks have failed to date while several others have been rescued through

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It is simply the lack of transparency and accountability that allows people to manipulate stuff any which way they want without the fear of repercussions. We as individuals have forgotten how to live within our means. We have become a mind-numb generation void of any intellectual discourse.Our lazy minds acquire knowledge without ascertaining where it comes from. Knowledge that we intake affects

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Without the internal desire for change, people cannot be changed by external stimulus. A change independent of our internal desire is only a cursory change on an emotional level. Hollow emotions might help us push a ship onto the water but mere “feelings” cannot chart a course to a specific destination. What good is a ship that just sits on water at the mercy of the waves that might take it

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