Hisbah in Human Management: An Analysis on Contemporary Research Patterns

Human management is one dimension of knowledge that is very wide. The focus is to manage the components that are inherent in the human. In Islam, hisbah (accountability) is a branch of knowledge that was taught by the Prophet SAW for managing humankind. Hence, arises two questions. Are there specific studies on hisbah from a human management aspect? How far are these two dimensions of knowledge related to contemporary studies? Generally, this paper aimed to answer these questions by theoretically analysing contemporary studies on hisbah in human management. This study was implemented based on documented data, which was analysed using the content analysis method. The findings from this analysis summarized that contemporary studies on hisbah had indirectly touched on the whole dimension of human life, especially that involving human management.