Meritocracy in The Management of society, with Emphasis on Imam Ali's Political Thoughts

Nowadays, organizations try to identify and enroll most appropriate individuals. The organizational situation and the logic governing it necessitate that organizations make the most use of every individual and every means properly and on time. Meritocracy means benefitting from the creative power of the elites of society. Imam Ali (A.S), who considers individuals’ ability, competence, and efficiency aspart and parcel of justice and considers justice as an essentialprinciple forrunning societies, believes that every position needs special ability, efficiency, and expertise, and to place one person in another’s position is not permissible.Meritocracy is based on the idea of seeking for and electing skilled people. These merits include knowledge, skills, abilities, as well as such constituents as values, motivation, innovation, and self-control. A meritocratic system is a system in which those who are most efficient hold highest positions with highest yield, and the rate of pay is determined in terms of their endeavor.The present paper tries to extract the components of meritocracy and identify the indices in the light of western thinkers’ views and Nahjul Balagha.