The Skills of Cultural Managers from a Qur anic Viewpoint

Cultural managers are the managers who take charge of the cultural activities of the country according to the different posts they have in the organizations. They do strategic, supportive or executive activities on different levels. In order to manage the organizations, the managers of Islamic society should develop their abilities according to the holy Qur’an. Resting on the teachings of the holy Qur’an, these managers should have different skills so that they may be able to run the cultural affairs of the society. The aim of this research is to recognize the managers’ skills from a Qur’anic viewpoint. This research, which uses an ‘’analytical-descriptive’’ method, is based on the interpretive and inferential perception of the Qur’an commentaries. Making use of finding in the field of management, this paper seeks to draw out the skills of cultural managers from the holy Qur’an. This research investigates the most important skills of cultural managers, including; ‘’cultural intelligence’’, ‘’cultural variation’’, ‘’cultural leadership’’ and ‘’strategic cultural thought’’.