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词条 Jugaad
释义

  1. Etymology and variants

  2. Low-cost vehicle

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. Further reading

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Jugaad (alternatively Juggaar or Jugar) is a colloquial Hindi (Devanagari: जुगाड़), Bengali (যোগাড়) and Punjabi word, which has various meanings depending on the situation. In Tamil it is translated as உத்தந்திரம், Roughly translated, jugaar is a "hack."[1] It could also refer to an innovative fix or a simple work-around, a solution that bends the rules, or a resource that can be used in such a way. It is also often used to signify creativity: to make existing things work, or to create new things with meager resources.

Jugaar is increasingly accepted as a management technique[2] and is recognized all over the world as an acceptable form of frugal engineering at peak.[3] Companies in southeast asia are adopting Jugaar as a practise to reduce research and development costs.[4] Jugaar also applies to any kind of creative and out-of-the-box thinking or life hacks that maximize resources for a company and its stakeholders. Nuclear power corporation of pakistan has recognized the word "JuGAAR" as the abbreviation of "Justified Guideline to Achieve the Desired State".

According to author and professor Jaideep Prabhu, jugaad is an "important way out of the current economic crisis in developed economies and also holds important lessons for emerging economies."[5]

Etymology and variants

It is pronounced as "jugaard" or "jugaardh" in Hindi, while in Punjabi it is spelled as jagaard.

Jugaad roughly corresponds to do-it-yourself (DIY) in the US, hacking or a bodge in the UK, tapullo in Italy, zìzhǔ chuàngxīn (自主创新) in China, Trick 17 in Germany, gambiarra in Brazil, système D. in France, or jua kali in Kenya; in addition, equivalent words within South Africa are ’n boer maak ’n plan in Afrikaans, izenzele in Zulu, iketsetse in Sotho and itirele in Tswana.[6]

Low-cost vehicle

Jugaad can also refer to a quadricycle, a means of transportation in north India, made of wooden planks and old jeep parts, variously known as kuddukka and pietereda. However, jugaad could be used as a term for any low cost vehicle which typically costs around Rs. 50,000 (about US$800).[7] Jugaads are powered by diesel engines originally intended to power agricultural irrigation pumps. They are known for poor brakes, and cannot go faster than about 60 km/h (37 mph). The vehicle often carries more than 20 people at a time in remote locations and poor road conditions. Today, a jugaad is one of the most cost-effective transportation solutions for rural Indians.

Though no statistical data is available, it is reported that there are a number of instances of failing brakes, requiring a passenger to jump off and manually apply a wooden block as a brake. As part of research for his 2013 book, Innovation and a Global Knowledge Economy in India, Thomas Birtchnell, a lecturer of Sustainable Communities at University of Wollongong, Australia, found that of 2,139 cases of road traffic casualties in 72 hours at J N Medical College hospital in Aligarh, 13.88% of pedestrian casualties were due to jugaad. It was stated by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan that jugaads do not conform to the specifications of a Motor Vehicle under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.[8] These vehicles hence do not have any vehicle registration plate and they are not registered with the Regional Transport Office (RTO). Hence, no road tax is paid on them, neither there exists any official count of such vehicles.

Jugaads are not officially recognized as road-worthy, and despite a few proposals to regulate them, vote-bank politics have trumped safety concerns. The improvised vehicles have now become rather popular as a means to transport all manner of burdens, from lumber to steel rods to school children.[9] For safety reasons the government of India has officially banned jugaad vehicles.[10]

A variant of the jugaad vehicle in Tamil Nadu in South India is the Meen Body Vandi. This roughly translates to "fish bed vehicle" because they originated among local fishermen who needed a quick and cheap transport system to transport fish. It is a motorized tri-wheeler (derived from the non-motorized variant)[11] with a heavy-duty suspension and a motorcycle engine—typically recycled from Czech Yezdi or Enfield Bullet vehicles. Its origins are typical of other jugaadu innovations—dead fish are typically considered unhygienic, and vehicles that carry them cannot be typically used to carry anything else. Similar vehicles can be found throughout much of Southeast Asia.[12]

See also

  • Frugal innovation
  • Life hacking
  • Rickshaw
  • Tonga (carriage)
  • Transport in India

Similar terms:

  • Bodge, an English term of similar meaning
  • Chindōgu, a Japanese term for deliberately "un-useful" inventions, created as a hobby and entertainment.
  • Urawaza, a Japanese term for life hacking
  • Redneck Technology An American term of similar meaning for innovations or improvisation using locally available materials
  • Gung-ho, a technique of guerilla industry employed at the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives in WWII
  • Kludge, an American-English term of similar meaning
  • System D in French, is a shorthand term that refers to a manner of responding to challenges that requires one to have the ability to think fast, to adapt, and to improvise when getting a job done

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|title=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC- Translation, Meaning in English, Thesaurus, Shabdkosh, examples.|url=http://www.aamboli.com/translate?word=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC|website=www.aamboli.com}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Jugaad: A New Growth Formula for Corporate America|url=http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/01/jugaad_a_new_growth_formula_fo.html|newspaper=Harvard Business Review Blog Network|date=25 January 2010}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=India's Next Global Export: Innovation|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2009-12-02/indias-next-global-export-innovation|newspaper=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=2 December 2009}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=A snip at the price|url=http://www.economist.com/node/13754045?story_id=13754045|newspaper=The Economist|date=28 May 2009}}
5. ^http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cambridge-expert-says-indian-jugaad-is-lesson-to-world/story-M3q6vFu8tEPj8eSNsAJo5M.html
6. ^Angus Donald Campbell “Lay Designers: Grassroots Innovation for Appropriate Change”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/Bt7C5EnNrvRyoqZAERSbMN/Rural-India8217s-jugaad-for-cheap-travel.html|title=Rural India’s jugaad for cheap travel - Livemint|website=www.livemint.com|access-date=2016-04-09}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/one-hack-of-a-vehicle/|title=One hack of a vehicle|date=2015-10-25|website=The Indian Express|access-date=2016-04-09}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://becauseitreallyispersonal.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/india-school-bus-tricycle.jpg|title=Bal Mandir Public School Transportation}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Govt issues order to seize jugaads|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-21/jaipur/28116564_1_jugaads-govt-issues-order-transport|work=The Times of India|publisher=indiatimes.com|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://indiantriporteurs.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/a7.jpg|title=Indian Tripurteurs A7}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/motor_tricycle-showroom.html|title=Motor Tricycle-Motor Tricycle Manufacturers, Suppliers and Exporters on alibaba.com}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|last=Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu, Simone Ahuja, foreword by Kevin Roberts|title=Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth|year=2012|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-1182-4974-1|pages=288|url=http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118249747,descCd-description.html}}
  • {{cite book|title=From Jugaad to Systematic Innovation: The Challenge for India|author=Rishikesha T. Krishnan}}
  • {{cite news|author=Barun S. Mitra|title=India’s 'Informal' Car|publisher=Asian Wall Street Journal, page 10, 26 Jan 1995}}
  • {{cite web|last=Mcclellan|first=Philip|title=Is Jugaad Going Global?|url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/is-jugaad-going-global/|publisher=Ny Times}}
  • {{cite news|title=Open Global Innovation Networks as Enablers of Frugal Innovation: Propositions Based on Evidence from India|authors=Rajnish Tiwari, Cornelius Herstatt |url=http://www.tuhh.de/tim/downloads/arbeitspapiere/Working_Paper_72.pdf}}

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