ESF:MPV_VVSU Public Administration - Course Information

MPV_VVSU Public Administration

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Gilles GUIHEUX (lecturer), doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. PhDr. Jan Šelešovský, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jana Jurníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Stanislav Kadečka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Juraj Nemec, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: PhDr. Ing. Pavla Hradecká
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 8:00–9:50 MT205

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPV_VVSU/01: Mon 10:00–11:50 MT205, D. Špaček

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

• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)
• Public Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

The main objective of the course is to highlight the most important current trends of administrative science and not to omit the current form of the Czech administrative system at the same time. Since the subject is taught within the Czech-French study program, it contains practical situations in Czech as well as in French public administration.

Learning outcomes

After passing the course students:
- should be able to define and characterize administrative science, its object and methods;
- should know and be able to demonstrate the specifics of public administration which are reflected in specific management of administrative institutions;
- should gain knowledge of public administration reform trends in Western European countries as well as in the Czech Republic and should be able to compare the reforms;
- should understand and characterize the specifics of Czech territorial administration, its management and its problems;
- should understand and characterize the role of central administration within the Czech administrative system and should be well informed about coordination instruments that are used in the Czech administrative context;
- should understand the e-government terminology, be aware of possible barriers of e-government initiatives and be able to demonstrate them on specific examples;
- should gain knowledge of civil service models and be able to compare them with the current Czech legislative practice;
- should be well informed about the development of the role of the French state since 1945 and characterize its main features;
- should be well informed about quality management tools in public administration and be able to discuss their potential and limitations;
- should gain knowledge of French administrative system and characterize trends of its reforming.

Syllabus

• Supposed topics of lectures are the following:
• 1. Introduction to public administration theory
• 2. Public management and public administration reforms in developed and transition countries (including CZ case)
• 3. Development of the role of the French state since 1945
• 4. French administrative system - part 1
• 5. French administrative system - part 2
• 6. Public administration reform in France
• 7. Municipalities in the Czech Republic
• 8. Regional administration and the Czech regions
• 9. Role of central administration
• 10. e-Government - trends and practices in foreign countries and in the CR
• 11. Civil service models and their practice in the CR
• 12. Quality management in public administration - approaches, tools, issues
• 13. Public tenders and the role of controlling institutions - Czech case

Literature

required literature
• Hendrych, D. Správní věda: teorie veřejné správy. Praha : ASPI, 2003. ISBN 8086395863.
• Studijní materiály připravené vyučujícím.
• Příslušná legislativa.
• Aktuální informace na webu příslušných subjektů veřejné správy.

recommended literature
• WRIGHT, Glen and Juraj NEMEC. Management veřejné správy : teorie a praxe. Online. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ekopress, 2003. 419 s. ISBN 808611970X. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• POMAHAČ, Richard. Veřejná správa. Online. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2013. xx, 315. ISBN 9788074004476. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• POLLITT, Christopher and Geert BOUCKAERT. Public management reform: a comparative analysis : new public management, governance, and the neo-Weberian state. Online. xvii. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 367 pp. 3rd. ISBN 978-0-19-959509-9. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• The new public management in Europe : adaptations and alternatives. Online. Edited by Christopher Pollitt - Sandra van Thiel - V. M. F. Homburg. 1st ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. xii, 229. ISBN 9780230006935. [citováno 2024-04-23] info

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion during seminars (following reading asingments and tasks defined by instructions for individual seminars), team presentation of seminar works.

Assessment methods

In order to pass the course, students are required to:
a) elaborate a final essay on a selected topic within the prescribed quality framework within the prescribed deadline (Czech part);
b) pass the final exam (which will be oral or written according to the number of students in the course)
c) elaborate a final essay on a selected topic within the prescribed quality framework within the prescribed deadline (French part).;
d) the final grade is the average of the Czech and French grade.

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 (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Část výuky probíhá ve francouzštině.
Credit evaluation note: k=1.

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