"Minister Kwon Chil-seung Satisfied with Agency Operations"…Survey of Ministry of SMEs and Startups Employees

Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] The satisfaction level of Small and Medium Venture Business Department (SMVBD) employees regarding the management of the institution under Minister Kwon Chil-seung was found to be considerably high.

The SMVBD Public Officials Labor Union announced on the 29th the results of the '2021 SMVBD Institutional Management Evaluation' survey conducted over four days from the 6th to the 9th, targeting employees at grade 4 and below without positions.

This survey objectively evaluated Minister Kwon Chil-seung's management of the SMVBD by assessing 'institutional management satisfaction' across five areas: overall institution management, personnel system, organizational operation, welfare, and capacity building, using a 5-point scale.

The results showed that since Minister Kwon Chil-seung took office, all five areas increased by 4 to 7 points compared to the previous year, marking the highest scores since the satisfaction survey began in 2018. It was analyzed that the SMVBD has successfully settled as a department (Bu) from an agency (Cheong) through the tenures of Ministers Park Young-sun (2019?2020) and Kwon Chil-seung (2021) after its promotion.

Institution Head Satisfaction Survey Results. [Graph=Ministry of SMEs and Startups]

Regarding satisfaction with Minister Kwon, the survey evaluated 'whether employees want to continue working with Minister Kwon Chil-seung' and five areas including 'work ability, leadership, organizational personnel management, flexibility, and interpersonal relationships' on a 5-point scale for 'institution head satisfaction.' The results showed that about 64% of SMVBD public officials wished to continue working with Minister Kwon in 2022, while negative responses accounted for about 9%.

High satisfaction responses were observed across all five evaluation areas such as work ability, and negative responses in interpersonal relationships, flexibility, work ability, and leadership were in single digits.

Additionally, employees expressed in the survey their messages to the minister, including "I appreciate the sincere and humane image of the minister," "I like the non-authoritative and communicative attitude," and amid the upcoming presidential election, a hope that "the SMVBD will be protected regardless of the administration."

Kim Young-hwan, chairman of the SMVBD labor union, said, "Although the SMVBD is currently facing difficulties both internally and externally due to loss compensation, I hope the minister will wisely overcome this through open communication as he has done so far."

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