Department of Public Administration, Boo Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran , h.gorjipour@basu.ac.ir
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was to provide a theoretical and practical framework for enhancing human development policies in organizations based on Qur’anic anthropology. The central research question is: regarding the values and characteristics of the human beings presented in the Qur’an, what “policy imperatives” can be extracted for human development in organizations to guide the formulation of organizational human development policies?
Methodology: This study adopted a qualitative design using conceptual analysis. Relevant Qur’anic verses on human values and characteristics were identified and analyzed through reference to authoritative exegetical sources. Based on conceptual analysis and semantic field analysis, the managerial and organizational imperatives corresponding to each human characteristic were extracted.
Findings: The findings indicate that human values and characteristics in the Qur’an can be categorized into two major classes: (1) essential and inherent values and characteristics, and (2) potential psychological-behavioral characteristics. Conceptual analysis of these two classes led to the identification of five principal dimensions for organizational human development including spiritual-divine, ethical-value-based, rational-epistemic, psychological-emotional, and social. Each one of these five dimensions includes specific policy components such as organizational spirituality enhancement, spiritual steadfastness, organizational ethics strengthening, moral care, moral transparency, development of knowledge and learning, valuing wisdom, mental health protection, psychological resilience, and enhancement of autonomy and right of choice. Collectively, these dimensions and components constitute the final framework for formulating organizational human development policy from the lens of Qur’anic anthropology.
Originality: This study reorients the logic of human development in organizations from secular value-based perspectives towards a native and divine epistemic foundation grounded in Qur’anic anthropology, thereby expanding the theoretical domain of organizational human development. Practically, the resulting model provides an operational guide enabling organizations to design human development policies that simultaneously strengthen positive human capacities and manage potential destructive inclinations.
Recommendations: It is recommended that governmental and public organizations upgrade and redesign their human resource management system, shifting from a sole focus on technical skills toward the balanced strengthening of employees' affirmative and constructive dimensions (spiritual, ethical, rational, psychological, and social). Furthermore, future research can focus on designing and validating specialized instruments for the operational measurement of these dimensions in organizational human development.
Methodology: This study adopted a qualitative design using conceptual analysis. Relevant Qur’anic verses on human values and characteristics were identified and analyzed through reference to authoritative exegetical sources. Based on conceptual analysis and semantic field analysis, the managerial and organizational imperatives corresponding to each human characteristic were extracted.
Findings: The findings indicate that human values and characteristics in the Qur’an can be categorized into two major classes: (1) essential and inherent values and characteristics, and (2) potential psychological-behavioral characteristics. Conceptual analysis of these two classes led to the identification of five principal dimensions for organizational human development including spiritual-divine, ethical-value-based, rational-epistemic, psychological-emotional, and social. Each one of these five dimensions includes specific policy components such as organizational spirituality enhancement, spiritual steadfastness, organizational ethics strengthening, moral care, moral transparency, development of knowledge and learning, valuing wisdom, mental health protection, psychological resilience, and enhancement of autonomy and right of choice. Collectively, these dimensions and components constitute the final framework for formulating organizational human development policy from the lens of Qur’anic anthropology.
Originality: This study reorients the logic of human development in organizations from secular value-based perspectives towards a native and divine epistemic foundation grounded in Qur’anic anthropology, thereby expanding the theoretical domain of organizational human development. Practically, the resulting model provides an operational guide enabling organizations to design human development policies that simultaneously strengthen positive human capacities and manage potential destructive inclinations.
Recommendations: It is recommended that governmental and public organizations upgrade and redesign their human resource management system, shifting from a sole focus on technical skills toward the balanced strengthening of employees' affirmative and constructive dimensions (spiritual, ethical, rational, psychological, and social). Furthermore, future research can focus on designing and validating specialized instruments for the operational measurement of these dimensions in organizational human development.
Keywords: Policy, Human Development, Human Development Policy, Quranic Anthropology, Conceptual Analysis.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Development Process
Received: Aug 05 2025 | Accepted: Nov 10 2025
Received: Aug 05 2025 | Accepted: Nov 10 2025
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