A Survey of the Index of Knowledge in Successful Management as Taught by Nahj al-Balaghah

All managers try to succeed in their management; Imam Ali (a) has known a successful manager to base his/her purpose on God`s satisfaction. As Imam viewed, a manager should pass through five steps to attain such a purpose; the steps include: doing the works taken as excusable by God and His servants, being well-famed among God`s servants, founding beautiful buildings in cities, completing the grace upon those under his office and making their benevolence multiple. Managers that intend to attain minor and major purposes need three indexes: knowledge, ability and purity. In this paper essential grounds for attaining the index of knowledge have been studied. These grounds include accompanying scholars and using their thoughts, noticing consultation, regarding experience, paying attention to Divine traditions, far-sightedness and considering future, distributing works with regard to knowledge and training employees.