Bismillah hir Rahman nir Rahim – In the name of God the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful
Announcing Good News
Jan 7, 2011 – Anaheim: Islamic Shura Council of Southern California is pleased to launch an online leadership and management course tailored for the current and future leadership of Masajid and non-profit organizations. “Masajid ought to be the best run organizations and this course is designed in that direction,” said Dr. Maher Hathout, Chairman of the Islamic Shura Council.The online course covers relevant topics from an Islamic perspective such as Leadership, Team Building , Strategic Planning, Improving Board’s Effectiveness, Business Ethics, Stress Management and Conflict Resolution among others. This courseis available to individuals, as well as organizations that would like to institute standard periodic management training for a group of staff and volunteers.This online course is conducted by Dr. Rafik Beekun, Professor of Management and Strategy, Co-Director for the Center for Corporate Governance and Business Ethics at the University of Nevada. Dr. Beekun has also authored Islamic Business Ethics; Strategic Planning and Implementation for Islamic Organizations and co-authored (with Dr. Jamal Badawi) Leadership: An Islamic Perspective.”Thanks to technology that Imams, leaders and volunteers or individuals and families – from the comforts of their living rooms and offices can now benefit from this knowledge repository ,” said Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of the Shura Council.The full online course comprising all 9 topics is available for $75 per person, and mini-courses featuring 2-3 of the topics at a time are available for $25 each. Participants can take this online course at their own convenience and pace from anywhere in the world. Sign up today and for group discounts, please contact onlineeducation@islamicity.com.”I highly encourage Muslim leadership to avail themselves of this invaluable resource that blends Islamic values and modern management principles helping us to serve our communities better,” said Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, Chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America.The online course is produced in collaboration with Dr. Rafik Beekun and IslamiCity and can be accessed online. This course was earlier available in DVD format.
Islamic Shura Council of Southern California The Islamic Shura Council is an umbrella organization of Mosques & Muslim organizations serving the Muslims of Southern California. Since 1995, the Council continues to foster the spirit and culture of “working together” at all levels in one of the most diverse and largest Muslim populations in the country.
Each lecture in the Online Islamic Management Course was professionally filmed in front of a live Muslim audience, and the whole course includes over 10 hours of lectures (with viewable separable slides, and separate modules) on the following topics:
1. Leadership from an Islamic Perspective Vol. 1. [2 modules, 1 hour and 5 minutes] a. Defining leadership. b. The Leader as Coach and Delegator.
2. Leadership from an Islamic Perspective Vol. 2. [2 modules, 1 hour and 30 minutes]] a. Leadership and Emotional Intelligence in Islam. b. Developing effective leaders.
3. How Does Islam Guide Us in Managing Stress? [6 modules, 1 hour and 18 minutes]] a. What is stress? b. Three approaches to stress. c. Sources & effects of stress. d. Stress coping mechanisms. e. Islamic coping mechanisms. f. Preventive stress management
4. Managing Conflict in Islamic Organizations [6 modules, 1 hour and 40 minutes] a. What is conflict? b. Conflict management. c. Levels of conflict and the conflict process. d. Conflict resolution techniques. e. Step-by-step process for resolving conflict.
f. Constructive functions of conflict
5. Business Ethics from an Islamic Perspective [5 modules, 1 hour and 27 minutes] a. Three approaches to ethical business dilemmas b. Uniqueness of the Islamic code of ethics c. Factors influencing ethical behavior d. The Islamic ethical system e. Islamic business ethics from a stakeholders’ perspective
6. Team-Building in Islamic Organizations [6 modules, 1 hour and 10 minutes] a. Importance of team activities in Islam b. A team is not a “group” c. Stages of team development & Implications for leadership d. Team-player and team-leader styles e. Dysfunctional decision-making in teams f. How to build an effective team
7. Communication from an Islamic Perspective[6 modules, 1 hour and 34 minutes] a. The importance of communication b. The communication process and model c. Components of verbal and nonverbal communication d. Barriers to effective communication e. Multicultural communication f. Improving communication through the Islamic etiquette of communication
8. Time Management for Islamic Organizations [1 module, 1 hour and 22 minutes]
9. Strategic Planning and Implementation for Islamic Organizations [5 modules, 1 hour and 50 minutes] a. Introducing strategic management b. Developing a strategic plan c. Developing an operational plan d. Strategy implementation e. Strategy evaluation
To preview some of the lectures, please click on the following Youtube links:
1. How Does Islam Guide Us in Managing Stress?
2. Leadership from an Islamic Perspective: How to Become An Effective Muslim Leader:
3. Team building in Islamic Organizations:
4. Business Ethics from an Islamic Perspective:
5. Managing Conflict in Islamic Organizations:
6. Strategic Planning and Implementation for Islamic Organizations:
Each lecture module is accompanied by an online quiz and Islamicity can report the grades of the students of this course to any institution using this online course.
"Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from error; whoever rejects evil and believes in God has grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold that never breaks. And God hears and knows all things." - (The Qur’an, Al-Baqarah, 2: 256)
"Be tolerant to be tolerated." Prophet Muhammad (s) as narrated in Ahmad B. Hanbal, Musnad 1/248.
"No mercy would be shown to him who does not show mercy." Prophet Muhammad (s) in Sahih Bukhari 18 and in Sahih Muslim 85.
"Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds." - (The Qur'an, Al-Muddathir, 74:38)
God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was asked what type of earning was best and replied, ”A man’s work with his hand and every business transaction which is approved." Rafi‘ ibn Khadij, Mishkat al Masabih, hadith no. 2783.
"Woe to those who give short measure, who demand of other people full measure for themselves, but give less than they should when it is they who weigh or measure for others! Do these people not realize that they will be raised up on a mighty Day, a Day when everyone will stand before the Lord of the Worlds? " (The Qur'an, Al-Mutaffifin, 83:1-4)
"O you who believe! Fulfill your obligations"
(The Qur'an, Al-Ma'idah, 5:1)
"If the debtor is in difficulty, then delay things until matters become easier for him; still, if you were to write it off as an act of charity, that would be better for you if you only knew."(The Qur'an, Al-Baqara, 2: 280)
On the Day of Judgment, the Prophet (saaw) will be a witness against “one who employs a laborer and gets the full work done by him, but does not pay him his wages." Abu Hurayrah, Sahih al Bukhari, hadith no. 3.430.
"O you who believe! Give of the good things which you have (honorably) earned. And of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for you, and do not even aim at getting anything which is bad, in order that out of it you may give away something, when you yourselves would not receive it except with closed eyes.(The Qur'an, Al-Baqarah, 2: 267)
"He who buys the stolen property, with the knowledge that it was stolen, shares in the sin and shame of stealing.“ Prophet Muhammad (s) in a hadith reported by al Bayhaqi and cited in al Qaradawi.
"God commands you [people] to return things entrusted to you to their rightful owners, and if you judge between people, to do so with justice."
(The Qur'an, An-Nisa, 4:58)
"And spend of your substance in the cause of God. And make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; But do good; for God loves those who do good."(The Qur'an, Al-Baqarah, 2: 195)
"None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself "(Hadith #13 in An Nawawi and related by Bukhari and Muslim)
"When someone helps the good deeds to be practiced, it is as if he performed those good deeds indeed," Prophet Muhammad (s) in Tirmizi, 14.
"The blessed of mankind is the one who is the most beneficial for mankind." Prophet Muhammad (s) in Beyhaki 6/112.
"I am to my servant as he expects of Me, I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him to Myself, and if he remembers Me in assembly, I mention him in an assembly better than his, and if he draws nearer to Me a hand's span, I draw nearer to him an arm's length, and if he draws nearer to Me an arm's length, I draw nearer to him a fathom length, and if he comes to me walking, I rush to him at [great] speed" (Bukhari and Muslim).
“O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its.” (Tirmidhi)
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Posted on January 13, 2011
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