MKV_ETIN Economy of Public Infrastructure

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Jaroslav Rektořík, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Dagmar Špalková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. arch. Lea Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Jakub Dostál, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Dagmar Špalková, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kociánová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Prerequisites
! KVETIN Ec of Public Utilit and Hous
The course is designed for the first-year students of combined studies in the Public Economics and Administration field of study.
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 objective of this course is to broaden students’ knowledge on the economics and management of public utilities. At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- explain the basic principles of economics and management specifics in the following areas: transportation, energy supply, water and waste management
- interpret more specific issues of these sectors related to price regulation and determination in the field of monopoly
- accent local, regional and supranational character
- summarize knowledge and use it in POT processing
Syllabus
  • The content of this course is divided into three basic parts.
  • I.
  • - Introduction, characteristics and classification of public utilities
  • - Concept of functioning and development of public utilities.
  • - Financing of public utility running and development
  • - Management and marketing and efficiency of public utilities
  • - Water management
  • II.
  • - Landscape planning
  • III.
  • - Transport management
  • - Critical infrastructure, options of its disruption (terrorism, natural disasters etc.
  • Self-study: Telecommunication infrastructure, Waste management, Insurance of technical infrastructure, Energetics and energetic infrastructure.
Literature
    required literature
  • HLAVÁČ, Jaroslav, Jaroslav REKTOŘÍK and Eliška SKŘÍDLOVSKÁ. Ekonomika a řízení technické infrastruktury. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 183 s. ISBN 8021014830. info
    recommended literature
  • REKTOŘÍK, Jaroslav, Vladimír HYÁNEK, Ivan MALÝ and Jan ŠELEŠOVSKÝ. Ekonomika a řízení odvětví veřejného sektoru (The Economy and the Administration in a Public Sector). druhé aktualizované. Praha: Ekopress, s.r.o., 2007, 309 pp. Ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-86929-29-3. info
    not specified
  • Doprava (Ekonomické souvislosti rozvoje). 1st ed. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 1998. ISBN 80-7079-402-X. info
  • REKTOŘÍK, Jaroslav. Jak řídit kraj, město a obec. III. díl. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 150 pp. Rukovět pro územní samosprávu. ISBN 80-210-2956-0. info
  • MELICHAR, V., JEŽEK, J. Ekonomika dopravního podniku. 2nd ed. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2001. ISBN 80-7194-359-2. info
Teaching methods
The course takes form of a lectures. The lecture (12 lessons) is divided into three parts. In the lectures, students are acquainted with the problems of public utilities in order to obtain an overview of this field, and acquire the basic principles of its practical. This leads students to understand all the specifics and help them to write a seminar papers on a selected topic. The main emphasis is put on self-study.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with an oral exam. Students are eligible to go to oral exam provided that they fulfill given conditions:
1. they hand in the seminar paper in a given extent and structure within the obligatory date,
2. they absolve 2 auto-correct tests
3. they pass the on-line test in the IS MU during an obligatory period (a test is regarded as successful if at least 60% of answers are correct).
Detailed information concerning the seminar papers and the on-line tests is available in the interactive syllabus of the course in the IS MU.
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.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Student si zapisuje zadání seminární práce z vystaveného balíku sem.prací ve třetím týdnu výuky.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 12 hodin.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět KVETIN.
Credit evaluation note: k=1.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013.
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