Indicators of an Efficient Human Workforce According to Nahj al-Balagha

The efficiency and creativity of officials and managers are among the important and fundamental factors in the performance of political systems and have always attracted the attention of thinkers in this area. The divine viewpoint taken by Imam Ali (PBUH) towards the structure of a government and the roles that it plays for the formation of behavior and ethics among people as well as material and spiritual fate of the citizens make it necessary to pay attention to a number of criteria and indicators in the selection and employment of human workforce. From a descriptive-analytical perspective, the current article investigates a number of criteria mentioned for efficient workforce according to Imam Ali. If organizations pay enough attention to these features, they would be able to recruit a politically efficient set of employees for themselves. The current article concludes that having such features of being religious, having faith in the gals, having loyalty while performing the job, being qualified with regard to expertise and commitment, being patient and perseverant against problems, being resourceful and skillful, being inexhaustible in performing duties, being loyal to the principles, and having civility can help managers to employ efficient workforce for the administrative system that seeks to follow Imam Ali’s guidelines.