K-water Wins Presidential Award

Company recognized for its excellent personnel training program at 36th National Quality Management Convention

Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-Water) won the Presidential Citation for the Development of Talented Manpower at the 36th National Quality Management Convention on Nov. 23 at COEX auditorium in southern Seoul for the pursuit of its mission to “make a happier world with water” through the creation of value and the upgrading of its organizational competitiveness.
President Kim Kuen-ho said he is very happy that K-water won such a prestigious award in the area of human resources training and appreciates everyone who helped the company win it. He said, “The award came to us because K-water has always believed in the fact that manpower training is important, as an excellent pool of manpower can make the company competitive to survive the limitless, global competition.”
The state-run company strengthened the strategic partnership of management and manpower training with the capacity based on the educational system to boost management’s strategic enforcement power. K-water, at the same time, has been integrating all of the company’s units and training leaders who can create strategies that can be realized.
The company has also been training global experts who can strengthen the company’s star brand technologies through active learning that can solve current issues. K-water has been trying to upgrade the compatibility of education and personnel at the company through various personnel policies including the system of open hiring, assigning personnel to positions they want and utilizing the personnel pool so that employees can learn the knowledge required for their jobs.
K-water has been taking care of its personnel matters by managing the HR-BANK personnel resources management system, which includes hiring, assignment, education and promotion, among other personnel-related matters.
Since its establishment in 1967, K-water has been implementing national water resource management policies regarding multi-purpose dams, water supply dams and regional water supply systems. It is also making a great contribution toward the development of the national economy and improving the quality of life for local people.
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of its foundation, K-water launched its strategic mission, “Water for a Happier World,” and is pursuing innovation and change in order to become the “Best Water Partner” in the world.
With basin management, integration, specialization and automation, K-water is making efforts to provide a safe water supply for people so that all may enjoy the benefits of clean water. With this in mind, K-water is also developing core technologies and utilizing the sharpest minds to take the initiative in the water industry for the future. K-water is ready to embody the reliable image of a corporation fulfilling its social responsibility by actively practicing sustainable, ethical and transparent management along with increasing the customer’s value.
Moreover, K-water is trying its best to offer customized services, pursuing the reforms and changes that people want. K-water promises to advance towards becoming the best corporation in the world, in which all people are in harmony with water and nature. K-water eagerly anticipates the encouragement and support of all people.
K-water has launched its new strategies to actively meet the demands of the internal and external business environment. With its mission, “Water for a Happier World,” K-water is laying the foundation for its sustainable growth.
The basis of its strategies are as follows:
To realize the example of a public corporation with harmony between the public interest and efficiency.
To develop new business tactics to maximize K-water’s advantage
To secure global competitive power in water resources management.
K-water has launched the strategic vision “Global Best 3 Water,” and it is pursuing innovation and change in order to become the Best Water Partner in the world.
Its strategy is made up of green water for service to the public, blue water for sustainable growth and white water for global competitive power.
To become a “Global Best 3 Water” company, K-Water must become a world-class water corporation with a balance between public interest and profits.
K-water will also pursue the actualization of continuous growth to challenge all issues on water and achieve sustainable growth. It also has been going after global competitiveness to increase its efficiency with clean management and an improvement of business processes. nw

Vice Minister Park Young-joon of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy presents the Presidential Citation to Korea Water Resources Corp. for outstading manpower training system at the 36th National Qaulity Management Convention held on Nov. 23 at Coex in Seoul.