Comparing Islamic and conventional leadership

Both Islamic and conventional leadership are very widely studied phenomena. It plays a major role in an organization regarding its productivity, absenteeism, and turnover. Islamic leader can contribute to any organization by the power of influencing the people as he has morality and honesty. Barnard (1968, p. 63) said that leadership refers to the quality of the behavior and conduct of individuals whereby they guide and drive people and their activities in an organized way. Leadership refers to a procedure whereby every private inspiration the group of persons to achieve a desired and long-cherished goal (H. H. Friedman & Langbert, 2000; T. L. Friedman, 2000). Altalib (2001)) state that Islamic leadership is a continuous process of elating and instructing unpaid groups and votaries to achieve a clear as well as shared vision. Leadership is an organizing and arranging moral principle of considerable social impact.