An Exploratory Analysis of the Supreme Leader's Speeches for Designing a Model of Production Flourishing

One of the responsibilities of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to decide on the general policies of the state. In view of that, the Supreme Leader named the year of 2019 as the year of production flourishing. Naming and appointing special slogans for each year by the leader designate general policymaking for the Islamic state. In this regard, the year 2019 has been named as the year of production flourishing by the Supreme Leader. In this research, the speeches of the Supreme Leader over the last three decades relating to production were collected through a statement-based approach. Three stages of open, pivotal and selective identification, in the form of 28245 open identities, 199 concepts and 32 key themes, were identified in the conceptual model of epical production. The findings signified that the outcomes of developing production flourishing include developing employment, sustaining economic growth, increasing economic resilience, increasing national dignity, expanding exports and enhancing social justice. Research innovation supports executive policymakers in following the decisions of the Supreme Leader to make systematic decisions on a production flourishing.