Islamic Development Management: Recent Advancements and Issues

This book examines a range of current issues in Islamic development management. The first part of the book explores practical issues in governance and the application of Islamic governance in new areas such as quality management systems and the tourism industry, while the second delves into questions of sustainability. The book proposes a new Islamic sustainability and offers new perspectives on CSR in connection with waqf (Islamic endowments) and microfinance. The third part of the book addresses Islamic values and how they are applied in entrepreneurship, inheritance, consumer behavior and marketing. The fourth part examines the issues of waqf and takaful (a form of insurance in line with the Islamic laws), while the fifth discusses the fiqh (the study of Islamic legal codes) and legal framework from the perspectives of entrepreneurship, higher education, reporting and inheritance (wills). The final chapter is dedicated to the application of Islamic principles in various other issues.Written in an accessible style, the book will appeal to newcomers to the field, as well as researchers and academics with an interest in Islamic development management.

About the Author

Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Kedah, Malaysia. She holds a Master and PhD in Economics from the International Islamic University, Malaysia. She is also a certified Shariah Registered Financial Planner (SRFP00513). Roshima Said ( PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.  Her research interests are in the areas of Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics and Financial Criminology. Wan Norhaniza Wan Hasan is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies (ISDEV), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She holds a Master of Social Sciences (Islamic Development Management) and PhD in Islamic-based Development, both from the USM. Her main research interest is in Islamic-based development with a focus on sustainability and development indexes, and on the measurement of sustainable development based on Islamic principles.