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Management by Jugaad

Jugaad

Jugaad is a colloquial Hindi word that means a resource, source or a connection or a trick to use them.

Even though in everyday life, a Jugaad can be a trick or object, in context of Management, Jugaad is essentially a person who has some special capability or access to a resource or even access to another Jugaad that can be useful under special circumstances.

When spoken in context of people, there is a slight connotation of sly behaviour attached to this word though in Management by Jugaad any such behaviour is discouraged.

A Jugaadu is a person who has useful and cashable Jugaads.

Building a Jugaad

Building a Jugaad is solely a human interaction process.

A Jugaadu typically has ability to network and establish relationships of trust.

Generally, a Jugaad may or may not know that he or she would be considered a Jugaad by a Jugaadu. The relation has to be nurtured with resect and reciproity or a Jugaad might feel as if being used.

Reciprocity is one simple and effective way to combact that. Another way is to makes sure that the right Jugaad is used at right time and for right duration. Until those special circumstances of need appear, a Jugaad is mostly of little or no use to a Jugaadu.

Often when a Jugaad is used, it is a very high profile situation. The exposure to a Jugaad and the way a Jugaad was used may add to success of handling a situation and make the Jugaad useful in the future as against have a spent bullet in hand.

Using a Jugaad

A good Jugaadu typically will have more than one Jugaad in hand to handle a situation. One must be careful of what Jugaad to apply at what situation.

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