Core values in the Islamic government development programs, based on the value balance benchmark of holy defense culture

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Energy Management, Sanat Naft University

2 Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Energy Management, Sanat Naft University.

Abstract

Iran’s defense against Iraq in the war indicates a military practice on the basis of “Jihad in Islam”. Iran nation won, and created its special culture as well. This culture is a jihad-oriented combination of epic and theosophy, balanced by different dimensions of religious beliefs. The holy defense culture is a validated model not copied from out of the country, but it originates in Islamic Iranian mentalities. Therefore, its attributes can be used to clarify the core values of the country’s development programs. For this objective, the paper believes the cultural model obtained in the holy defense is a complete validated model. This paper aims at identifying the holy defense culture attributes and specifying the core values to meet the goals of the country development programs. Research method is analytical and descriptive, and the data gathering falls into libraries studies and interview. The results present the top ten attributes are Islamic thinking and divinity, belief and spiritusoity, abnegation and jihad mentality, management and leadership, people and youth, leadership guidance, solidarity and team work, creativity and innovation, engineering and scientific management, and resistance and endurance.

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