Developing a Cybernetics Approach to Analysing Inclusive Growth Constraints

Inclusive and sustainable economic growth supports the transformation of society towards a better quality of life and well-being. Therefore, it is crucial to diagnose the binding factors to growth. However, existing frameworks of growth diagnostics and inclusive growth analytics, which are widely us...

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Published inSystemic practice and action research Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 215 - 234
Main Authors Adham, Khairul Akmaliah, Kasimin, Hasmiah, Jamaludin, Nurul Atasha, Ghanie, Siti Khadijah Mohd, Khatib, Nor Azzatunnisak Mohd, Said, Mohd Fuaad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2016
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Analysis
Business and Management
Cybernetics
Economic development
Economic growth
Employment
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Organization
Original Paper
Quality of life
Social conditions & trends
Society
Sociology
Studies
Cybernetics analysis
Research design
Growth analysis
Inclusive growth
Qualitative methodology
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Summary:Inclusive and sustainable economic growth supports the transformation of society towards a better quality of life and well-being. Therefore, it is crucial to diagnose the binding factors to growth. However, existing frameworks of growth diagnostics and inclusive growth analytics, which are widely used to analyse growth problems, mainly focused on a snapshot of growth constraints of a selected location at a particular point of time. Applications of these frameworks are not fully capable of addressing the dynamic nature of growth. Moreover, most existing applications of growth frameworks are mainly predictive studies, thus they do not fully support the effort of identifying the root cause of growth problem. This calls for a more comprehensive approach to diagnosing growth problems. Building upon the existing growth diagnostics and inclusive growth analytics frameworks, as well as on cybernetics and systems-based approach, we develop a cybernetics approach to analysing inclusive growth constraints. This approach enables analysis of the dynamic nature of growth, which supports the identification of growth constraint variables and mapping of their relationships, based on data gathered about the location.
ISSN:1094-429X
1573-9295
DOI:10.1007/s11213-015-9361-4