BLUSUKAN: Menelisik Gaya Kepemimpinan Nizam al-Muluk

Abstract

Abstrak:Dalam menjalankan roda pemerintahan, belakangan ini beberapa pemimpin terjun langsung ke masyarakat untuk memahami kebutuhan rakyat secara langsung, populer sebagai blusukan. Konsep Blusukan ternyata memiliki akar dalam sejarah Muslim, meskipun di Indonesia baru popular belakangan ini. Nizam al-Muluk (Bani Saljuk) memanfaatkan blusukan dalam kepemimpinannya. Tulisan ini membahas kepemimpinan blusukan Nizam al-Muluk dan relevansinya terhadap Indonesia kontemporer. Blusukan setidaknya memiliki beberapa keistimewaan: pemimpin mendapatkan informasi paling mendesak dilakukan dari tangan pertama; informasi yang akurat memungkinkan formulasi solusi yang tepat; terbinanya kedekatan psikologis antara pemimpin dan rakyat. Jelas sekali bahwa ketiga aspek tersebut sangat dibutuhkan dalam realitas kepemimpinan Indonesia saat ini. This article discusses blusukan as practiced by Nizam al-Mulk and tries to see its relevance to contemporary Indonesian political leadership. Blusukan has some merits: it allows a leader to receive first-hand and right-from-the-spot knowledge; accurate information and knowledge help to formulate an accurate solution; and it facilitates a strong psychological tie between the leader and his subjects. Apparently these three aspects are of utmost important in the reality of contemporary Indonesian leadership.Kata Kunci: blusukan, Nizam al-Muluk, Daulah Abbasiyah.

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“…Blusukan might engage people in a tight emotional attachment between leaders and their subordinates so that leaders can easily and quickly detect information about the society. Nasution (2014) reported that blusukan has several characteristics: leaders get urgent information from the first source; accurate information enables appropriate solution formulation; and psychological attachment between government and people is guaranteed. These three aspects are crucially needed in the reality of recent Indonesian leadership.…”

“…For leaders to get knowledge rapidly and easily about society, blusukan may encourage people to create close emotional bonds with their subordinates. According to Nasution (2014), blusukan at least possesses the following traits: leaders receive urgent information from the initial source; correct information enables the formulation of appropriate solutions; and the psychological link between the government and the populace is ensured. These three elements are necessary in the current Indonesian leadership scenario.…”