Busan Port Authority Undertakes Major Organizational Restructuring to Adapt to Rapidly Changing Environment

From July 1, Two New Departments Including Innovation and Performance Division Established ‥ Name Change of New Port Branch
Building Innovation, Sustainable Growth, and Smart Shipping Port Logistics System

Busan Port Authority will implement a major organizational restructuring effective July 1.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan Port Authority (BPA) has carried out a major organizational restructuring to prepare for rapidly changing internal and external environments.

BPA announced on the 19th that, following the activation of an enterprise-wide Emergency Response Management (ERM) system for COVID-19 response from April 1, it will reorganize its organizational structure as of July 1 to achieve a second leap forward for Busan Port and BPA.

The main points include responding to rapidly changing environments such as the 4th Industrial Revolution and COVID-19, establishing a smart shipping port logistics system, creating an eco-friendly port, globalizing business, strengthening the realization of social values, and internal innovation.

This organizational restructuring is the second since President Nam Ki-chan's inauguration, following the first restructuring aimed at slimming down the organization and enhancing work efficiency. Through organizational diagnosis, the restructuring identified areas for improvement in the existing organizational system, analyzed global organizational operation trends of major overseas port authorities, and reflected these in the organizational design. It also expanded and reorganized the organization by establishing two new departments to embody the innovation will for sustainable strategic execution and efficient implementation of the president's management policies in the new environment.

The new organizational structure will be adjusted from the current 3 headquarters, 2 divisions, 11 offices, 9 departments, and 3 branches (23 departments) to 3 headquarters, 2 divisions, 12 offices, 10 departments, 1 branch office, and 2 sub-offices (25 departments).

The key restructuring details include unifying internal and external evaluation tasks, establishing the Innovation Performance Department to create organizational performance through innovation and strengthen expertise in human resource development, creating the Green Environment Department to implement a green port free from fine dust concerns such as port air quality improvement, and transferring the Logistics Research Department from the Global Business Division to direct control to perform overall enterprise R&D functions and establish a foundation for innovative growth.

Additionally, to focus on implementing social responsibility management in public enterprises, the functions of the Social Value Office have been adjusted. To strengthen the field-centered functions of the New Port, whose competitiveness and role as the world's second-largest transshipment hub have become increasingly important, the name has been changed to the New Port Branch Office.

To establish a data-based smart management system utilizing information technology, the Information Security Department has been renamed the Information Convergence Department. With the full-scale acceleration of the second-phase redevelopment project, the Redevelopment Project Division has been renamed the Port Regeneration Project Division to reflect the nature of rapid project promotion, new project discovery, and urban regeneration.

President Nam Ki-chan participated from the processes of organizational diagnosis and job evaluation to derive future core projects and tasks requiring functional adjustment for the port authority and designed an organizational model to perform those functions. According to the authority, various perspectives by headquarters and rank were actively reflected through workshops by each headquarters and labor union workshops.

BPA plans to operate the organization by proactively reorganizing the emergency organizational system amid the ongoing global tension caused by COVID-19.

So far, there have been no reported infections among workers in the Busan Port logistics industry, which is evaluated as successful organizational management.

President Nam said, “This organizational restructuring is the result of passionate discussions by all employees with a sense of ownership. At this time of increasing uncertainty, we have devoted all our capabilities to laying the foundation for sustainable growth of Busan Port and BPA and to leap forward as a new port enterprise through internal innovation.” The new organizational structure will take effect from July 1.

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