KVVSCR Public Administration in CR

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Jílková
Timetable
Sat 27. 9. 16:20–19:30 P104, Sat 18. 10. 12:50–16:15 P104, Sun 9. 11. 12:50–16:15 P104, Sat 29. 11. 12:50–16:15 P104
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
Course objectives
In the distant form of study, the course contains four blocks. Main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows:
- to understand the term public administration in its scope on the basis of various approaches from the field of administrative law theory, administrative science and public economy;
- to apply the information on the history and organization of Czech public administration;
- to introduce the history and current trends of public administration reform in the Czech republic;
- to understand specifics of a joined public administration system as reflected in the specifics of Czech municipal and regional administration;
- to enhnace the konwledge of consequences of Czech municipal administration structure;
- to understand the role of the central administrative level in the administrative system;
- to be well informed about basic economic and sociological concepts of bureaucracy;
- to gain and improve the knowledge of civil service models, including their practice in the current Czech law;
- to ehnance the knowledge of trends and issues of e-government in the Czech Republic;
- to understand the role of guarantees of legality and its instruments in public administration.
Syllabus
  • The course concentrates on the following topics:
  • 1. Public administration, its functions and forms of activities;
  • 2. Relationship between state administration and self-government during the history of public administration on the territory of the Czech state till 1989;
  • 3. Starting points, progress and outputs of institutional public administration reform in the Czech republic after 1989;
  • 4. The role of international and supranational organizations in reform and modernization of public administration, European Charter of Local Self-Government;
  • 5. System of municipalities in the Czech Republic and its problems;
  • 6. Regional level of the Czech public administration, its functions and current problems;
  • 7. The role of central administration in the Czech administrative system and deconcentrates;
  • 8. Sociological and economic interpretation of bureaucracy;
  • 9. Ethics in public administration and the issue of corruption;
  • 10. Models of legal status of civil servants and their practice in the Czech public administration;
  • 11. Guarantees of legality in the public administration and selected outputs of reform of control in the Czech Republic; 12. e-Government in the Czech Republic - selected problems.
Literature
  • POMAHAČ, Richard and Olga VIDLÁKOVÁ. Veřejná správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xii, 278. ISBN 8071797480. info
  • HENDRYCH, Dušan. Správní právo. Obecná část. 5. rozšíř. vyd. Praha: C.H.BECK, 2003, 793 pp. ISBN 80-717-9671-9. info
  • MALÝ, Karel. Dějiny českého a československého práva do roku 1945. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Linde, 1999, 572 s. ISBN 80-7201-167-7. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel and Ilona SCHELLEOVÁ. Vývoj veřejné správy v letech 1848-1948. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2002, 389 s. ISBN 80-86432-25-4. info
  • KOUDELKA, Zdeněk. Právní předpisy obcí a veřejný pořádek (The Legal Rules of Selfgovernment and Public Peace). In Zdokonalování veřejné správy a samosprávy v ČR. 1st ed. Brno: Ekonomicko správní fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 2007, p. 112-121. ISBN 978-80-7302-125-2. info
  • COGAN, Rudolf. Krajské zřízení. Vyd. 1. Praha: ASPI, 2004, 440 s. ISBN 8073570416. info
  • FRUMAROVÁ, Kateřina. Ochrana před nečinností veřejné správy v českém právním řádu. Praha: Linde, 2005, 246 s. ISBN 8072015052. info
  • Studijní podklady připravené vyučujícím.
  • Aktuální informace z webových stránek příslušných subjektů veřejné správy podle úkolů samostudia.
  • Relevantní legislativa.
Assessment methods
In order to pass the subject, students are required to:
1. gain at least the total of 120 points (out of 200) in two mid-term written tests that take place during the second and fourth block of the instruction;
2. elaborate a final essay on a selected topic within the prescribed quality framework within the prescribed deadline;
3. pass the final test with at least 60 points. The requirements stipulated in points 1 and 2 form the necessary precondition for students to be eligible to take the final exam.

Important information! If students commit a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence. The mentioned procedure relates to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work, essays, tests etc.).

Requirements (including the literature) are specified further in the interactive syllabus and the downloadable study plan before the semester starts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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