Theoretical Foundations of Excellence Model of the Commanders and Managers of Sepah from the Perspectives of the Holy Quran

Understanding the components of excellence and their relationships from the perspectives of the Holy Quran requires an inductive reasoning of the signs of excellence in the holy Quran. This qualitative research is conducted through grounded theory and processes approach. Having derived 1500 verses from the holy Quran, 2500 signs were identified as indications of excellence. 32 main concepts of these indications were selected as 32 main components of excellence from which six categories including symbols of divine man, Islamic training, divine insight, divine mastery, fulfillment of divine decree, and divine perfection were identified in the axial coding phase. In the third stage, selective coding was performed and relations between categories and concepts were explained and analyzed by writing memos. The results indicated that they could satisfy infrastructures and basic theoretical bases for designing an excellence model based on the divine excellence model, the holy prophet, at theoretical levels for the commanders and managers of Sepah.