Educational Management in the Light of Islamic Standards

The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) Investigate educational management and its characteristics in terms of the Islamic concept of management in this era of globalisation; (2) Identify attributes of leadership of the principals and their compatibility with Islamic standards derived from the Holy Quran, the Sunnah and the Prophet's Traditions; and (3) Establish the impacts of globalisation on Islamic management. A descriptive-analytic approach was used to achieve these three aims based on a comprehensive description of the phenomenon in question and an analysis of the facts, information and data covered by the research. From this perspective, we first present the theoretical framework and previous studies as a point of reference for the search path and conducts a field study using a questionnaire consisting of 17 items, while ensuring its validity. We then applied the questionnaire to a sample of basic education school teachers in Saudi Arabia to establish the extent to which the leadership attributes of the teachers in the schools are compatible with Islamic standards derived from the Holy Quran, the Prophet's traditions and the Biographies of the Companions. The findings of the field studies revealed a mismatch between the school