Gumi City Boldly Eliminates Unnecessary Tasks... Focuses Administration on Citizens

Conventional and Inefficient Work... Reconsideration from the Beginning

Anonymous Board Reflects Employees' Honest Opinions

Gumi City in Gyeongbuk is bringing a new wave of change to its organization through the promotion of ‘Discarding Unnecessary Tasks (Bul·Pil·Beol)’ to enhance administrative efficiency and productivity.

Gumi City Hall.

This Bul·Pil·Beol initiative aims to fundamentally review tasks that have been carried out in a conventional and inefficient manner. The city is collecting honest opinions from employees through an anonymous bulletin board operated within the internal administrative network.

Within three weeks of operating the bulletin board, 39 task improvement proposals such as ▲improving wildfire emergency duty ▲using tumblers at internal events ▲activating electronic approvals ▲improving report culture, along with over 400 comments, were posted.

Comments like “No more repeating outdated practices... Supporting organizational culture improvement,” and “Great~ Gumi City should be at this level!” reveal employees’ interest and willingness to improve through Bul·Pil·Beol.

Additionally, department heads were granted the authority to autonomously abolish minor tasks, resulting in some departments deciding to eliminate 10 tasks, among other achievements.

Mayor Kim Jang-ho said, “To provide high-quality public services and meet citizens’ demands, organizational improvements that allow employees to focus on their work are necessary. We will boldly eliminate unnecessary and unreasonable tasks and concentrate on administrative activities for the citizens.”

Gumi City has been promoting organizational innovation for effective work since the launch of the 8th term of the elected government.

The city offers exceptional incentives to outstanding proactive public officials and has launched ‘Gumi Wiki,’ where various work-related information can be shared, and the employee communication platform ‘Innovation Imagination Playground,’ both of which are widely used by many employees.

Furthermore, to foster an efficient meeting culture, the city is implementing PC video conferencing, paperless meetings, and minimizing unproductive meetings.

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