This leads to some notion of what constitutes 'success' in this model. In a broad sense, success for a planning process depends upon the extent to which the process meets or exceeds the goals set for it. While it's possible to note that we can set whatever goals we want for our economic system, such a step moves out of the model-building mode I want to maintain in the present discussion. However, if we stay in this model-building mode, we can note that the planning process is capable of setting its own goals. In fact, we can observe that it does.
Firms set production goals and earnings goals.
Households set various goals of their own. And individuals set their own goals in relation to the planning process. In a sense, then, we can note that the planning process determines its own success. The breadth of literature discussing Baha'i consultation is sufficient evidence that this subject is deep enough to warrant significant discourse. However, the goal of the present essay is to provide some foundational thoughts for the development of a model.