The Tools of Knowledge in Islamic Management

One of the fundamental issues in all sciences is the studying and recognition of the methods and tools of knowledge. Recognizing the tools of knowledge in the Islamic management science is the purpose of this paper. By analyzing sense, imagination and reason, which are the main sources of acquired knowledge of the human, the methods and tools of knowledge in the humanities, especially management science can be identified. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the intellectual, experimental, revelatory, intuitionistic, authoritative, and publicized methods of the Islamic management science have been identified in this paper. Classifying the tools of knowledge and solving their conflict have been also considered through emphasizing on organization and management knowledge. These six means of knowledge are used in organization and management, and are required to identify organizational and managerial phenomena. Studying the tools show that, the tools used in Islamic management knowledge are wider and more comprehensive than the tools in "knowledge management". Hence, the tools of knowledge in Islamic management science can identify a wider range of phenomena associated with organization and management.