Human resource management based on the index of Islamic human development The Holy Quran's approach

Purpose - Human development is the most modern development approach. However, the proposed human development indexes for implementation of Islamic human resource management (HRM) do not suffice to realize the Islamic developed society. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic-managerial indexes of human development based on HRM from the viewpoint of Islam and The Quran. Design/methodology/approach - This paper applies the hermeneutic method and considers the question: "what are the proper human resource (HR) economic-managerial indexes from the viewpoint of Islam?". Findings - Referring to the Islamic development basics and goals, it analyzes economic interaction among Muslim activists in an objective situation of the human development from the viewpoint of Islam and finally, it proposes human development economic-managerial indexes among other required indexes, through planning an acceptable economic quasi-system. Originality/value - In the Islamic approach, human development occurs when a person's capacities improve so that he/she becomes able to manage internal and external contradictions and conflicts; and steps forward in the route of the faith and the righteous deed and in the space of the widespread justice to reach the God proximity and to replace the natural life by the Hayat-e-Tayyebeh.