GICO, performs organization and personnel reshuffling for the reinforcement of housing welfare

– Promotion of the Housing Welfare Division and establishment of the Future Strategy Division

On January 21, Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation (GICO) announced that it has performed an organization and personnel reshuffle, which included the promotion of the Housing Welfare Headquarters. To be more specific, the former 4-Headquarters, 15-Division and 49-team system has been changed to a 4-Headquarters, 15-Division and 42-team system.

The organization reshuffle was accompanied by the modifications to the Headquarters system, order of the organization setup and names according to the changes in the management environment. The focus was also on eliminating barriers and management inefficiencies by integrating and removing similar and redundant functions.

Attention was drawn to the promotion of the Housing Welfare Headquarters as the superior headquarters for the purpose of reinforcing the housing welfare function as well as the establishment of the Future Strategy Division with the aim to discover business area that could potentially become the next growth engines. In addition, the Urban Development Headquarters was changed to the Urban Renewal Headquarters, reflecting the shift in focus from the establishment of new towns to the renewal of existing cities. On the other hand, the Regional Economy Headquarters was reorganized into the Economic Promotion Headquarters as a means to strengthen its role in economic promotion and job creation through the development of high-tech industrial complexes in urban areas and other projects. Furthermore, the General Affairs and Personnel Division was transformed into the Customer Support Division for the purpose of establishing customer-oriented service culture within the corporation and ensuring the satisfaction of external and internal customers. Other changes included the integration of similar teams for the purpose of improving management efficiency.

– Appointment of a Headquarters manager from the first group of employees hired through open recruitment and the HR Division Manager among technical department managers

Another notable matter in relation to the recent personnel decisions is the appointment of Jeong Dong-seon as the Housing Welfare Headquarters Manager. This was the second time following last year that an employee of the corporation was promoted to the position of a Headquarters manager. Jeong is the foremost expert in the construction and development field, who was hired during the first open recruitment in 1997, and he is held in great esteem for having successfully executed major housing construction works including the Wirye Housing Project.

Moreover, personnel decisions were made for 13 major job positions including department and team managers based on internal promotions, and it is notable that a former technical department manager was appointed as the HR Division Manager (presently, Customer Support Division Manager), which had been typically assigned to former administrative department managers.

Choi Geum-shik, the CEO of GICO, said, “We at GICO will make our utmost effort to successfully implement the Gyeonggi-do policy projects and actively respond to the shifts in the paradigm of the development projects by operating an organization with a focus on achievement, responsibility and specialization.”