Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority Holds Executive Workshop for COVID-19 Response

Decided to Operate Agile Organizational Personnel to Strengthen Crisis Response Capabilities

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (President Cha Min-sik, hereinafter referred to as the Authority) announced on the 4th that it held a core executive workshop on organizational and personnel change management to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

The workshop held the previous day was attended by President Cha Min-sik, executives, department heads, and organizational and personnel expert consultants, discussing organizational capabilities to actively respond to external changes including COVID-19.

The main topics included discussions on change management for organizational innovation, improvement plans for organizational culture, and analysis of the Authority's organizational and personnel issues.

In particular, there was consensus on the need for a virtuous cycle structure involving raising company-wide crisis awareness for crisis response, operating a change-leading group, establishing vision and communication, securing performance, and settling organizational culture, and detailed management capability enhancement plans for managers to achieve this were discussed.

President Cha Min-sik stated, “To build an organization with rapid crisis response capabilities, we will strengthen managerial competencies and implement systematic work manuals,” adding, “We will actively respond to the COVID-19 crisis and the rapid changes in the shipping port industry.”