BPV_APUA Public Administration

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Olena Aleinikova, DrSc., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Navrátil (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Juraj Nemec, CSc. (lecturer)
Thi My Dieu Nguyen, M.A. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Nesvadbová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:50 S301, except Mon 12. 9., except Mon 31. 10.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce to key public administration theory and discuss selected topics with regards to their developments (including the developments of home countries of students).
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students the scope of the public administration in terms of its main theory and developments (including the developments in their home countries).

After passing the course students:
- will be aware and will understand basic public administration theories;
- will be aware and will understand role of the State and various models of its organization and government regimes and systems;
- will now key models of public administration reforms and will be able to explain their main ideas, instruments, positives and shortcomings;
- will understand and will be able to explain models of PA recognized in the comparative PA literature and discuss a situation in their home countries;
- will understand and will be able to explain role of self-governments in PA systems and discuss existing problems and trends;
- will understand and will be able to explain role of self-overnments in PA systems and discuss existing problems and trends;
- will understand and will be able to explain role of central government in PA systems and discuss existing problems and trends;
- will understand and will be able to explain and discuss the potential of e-gov, its developments as well as barriers to its diffusion and implementation;
- will be aware of existing models of civil service and their real-world advantages and disadvantages;
- will understand the complexity of accountability and control in PA and will be able to explain and discuss situation in their home countries;
- will understand the concept of ethics and ethical behaviour in PA and be able to discuss potential of related instruments.
Syllabus
  • 0) Inroduction to the concept of the course and its requirements
  • 1) Introduction to public administration theory
  • 2) State power and its organization, government regimes
  • 3) Administrative reforms
  • 4) PA in a comparative perspective I - PA systems
  • 5) PA in a comparative perspective II - self-governments
  • 6) PA in a comparative perspective III role and organization of central government
  • 7) eGovernment / eGovernance
  • 8) Civil service
  • 9) Accountability and control
  • 10) Ethics and PA
Literature
    required literature
  • The study literature will be entered into the information system IS MU. Additional supplementary literature prepared by teachers is available on the Internet.
    recommended literature
  • POLLITT, Christopher and Geert BOUCKAERT. Public management reform : a comparative analysis - new public management, governance, and the neo-weberian state. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xvii, 367. ISBN 9780199595082. 2011. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, class discussions, individual or group projects, reading, potentially also presentations of foreign experts. This will be specified in the beginning of the semester.
Assessment methods
In order to pass the subject, students will be required to:
- prepare and present a group / an individual presentation on a given topic;
- prepare for individual seminars based on instructions introduced by lecturers;
- pass a test / an oral exam (the method of final examination will be specified at the beginning of the course and will also depend on the number of students in the course).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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