PřF:Z5037 Public administration - Course Information
Z5037 Geographical seminar on public administration
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Jakub Trojan, MSc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- Z5037/01: Mon 1. 3. to Fri 14. 5. Thu 18:00–19:50 Z4,02028, O. Šerý, J. Trojan
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social Geography and Regional Development (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Social geography and regional development (programme PřF, N-SGR)
- Course objectives
- The students will acquire knowledge related to public administration and administrative organization of the Czech Republic and other european countries.
- Learning outcomes
- By passing the subject the student acquires knowledge that can be used in communication and cooperation with representatives of public administration and in gaining and exercising employment in this area.
- Syllabus
- 1) Introduction to public administration issues - definition, function, division; regional policy and its implications for public administration
- 2) Fundamentals of public administration - character and basic terms, constitutional organization of public administration in the Czech Republic, central administration of the Czech Republic, rule of law and civil society
- 3) Public service - organization, competence, geographical dispersion of institutions; agencies supporting regional development and innovations
- 4) Information sources and databases of public administration, legislation in public administration, innovative technologies and work with spatial data with public participation (OpenStreetMap etc.)
- 5) Transformation and modernization of public administration - New Public Management, E-Government (and digitization of public administration), open data
- 6) Spatial planning and agenda of the building office - tools, processes, implications, public involvement
- 7) Financing of municipalities, budgeting of taxes
- 8) Territorial public administration - municipalities and higher territorial self-governing units
- 9) Act on Public Administration
- 10) Public administration in European countries (I., old EU Member States = EU-15)
- 11) Public administration in European countries (II., post-socialist states)
- 12) Territorial-administrative division of the Czech Republic - development, reform and current status
- 13) Final discussion
- Literature
- GROSPIČ, Jiří. Úvod do regionálních věd a veřejné správy. 5. rozš. vyd. (ve Vydavatel. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 455 s. ISBN 9788073800864. info
- HRABALOVÁ, Simona, Svatava NUNVÁŘOVÁ and Irena OPLUŠTILOVÁ. Řízení místních samospráv. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 76 s. ISBN 8021041587. info
- NUNVÁŘOVÁ, Svatava. Veřejná politika a územní správa a samospráva. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 112 s. ISBN 8021039582. info
- POMAHAČ, Richard and Olga VIDLÁKOVÁ. Veřejná správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xii, 278. ISBN 8071797480. info
- WOKOUN, René. Úvod do regionálních věd a veřejné správy. Vyd. 3., v nakladatelství I. Praha: IFEC, 2001, 264 s. ISBN 80-86412-08-3. info
- VIDLÁKOVÁ, Olga. Reformy veřejné správy. Vyd. 1. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2000, 140 s. ISBN 8071942901. info
- ŘEHÁK, Stanislav. O vnitřním členění České republiky (Internal division of the Czech Republic). Sborník ČGS. Praha: ČGS, 1993, vol. 97, No 2, p. 109-110. ISSN 0231-5300. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion, presentations by professionals in the field of public administration, presentations and seminar works of students
- Assessment methods
- The course is completed by a credit which will be given by the students for appropriate attendance, reading of obligatory literature, presentation of selected topic, essay elaboration and discussion activity.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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