MPV_VES2 Public Administration II

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marek Navrátil (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Juraj Nemec, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Navrátil (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites required. It is however better if students have already some knowledge on public administration.
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 main objective of the course is to repeat the main theory of public administration and to discuss in a more advanced way current trends and issues of administrative reforms and their selected areas in the Czech Republic and foreign countries.
Learning outcomes
By passing the course students will be able:
• to understand and characterize specifics of public administration and role of PA considering various approaches and theories from the field of public administration, administrative law theory, public economy;
• to understand and discuss main theories, trends, issues and challenges of Czech and foreign administrative reforms;
• to discuss potential and limitations of involvement of external stakeholders into public decision-making;
• to understand and discuss different models of organizing in public administration and administrative systems (inc. decentralization and deconcentration);
• to understand and discuss the role of accountability and its mechanisms;
• to understand the concept of ethics in public administration and to discuss about instrument of anti-corruption policies;
• to understand and discuss trends and barriers of e-governmentent development and diffusion (including the adoption of AI in public administration).
Syllabus
  • The course concentrates on the following topics:
  • 1) Public administration and its theory - summary
  • 2) Public administration reforms and their motives, trends and problems
  • 3) Organizing public administration - tools, challenges and issues of organizing public administration systems
  • 4) Digitalizing public administration - developments and problems (including AI adoption)
  • 5) Accountability and control in public administration - concepts, tools, challenges
  • 6) Ethics and anticorruption policy - tools and issues
  • Some of the topics may be devided into two lectures/meetings. A new topic may be added (based on discussion with students, a visit / an online lecture of a recognized domestic/foreign extert etc.).
Literature
    required literature
  • Pravidelně aktualizované studijní materiály a instrukce připravené vyučujícím, které jsou k dispozici ve studijních materiálech v IS.MUNI.
  • ŠPAČEK, David. Public management v teorii a praxi (Public management in theory and practice). Praha: C. H. Beck, 2016, 376 pp. Beckova edice ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-7400-621-0. info
  • OECD (2023). Czech Republic - Towards a more modern and effective public administration. Available at: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/oecd-public-governance-reviews-czech-republic_41fd9e5c-en.
  • Literatura v e-čítance k jednotlivým tématům.
  • Relevantní legislativa.
  • Relevantní dokumenty úřadů apod.
    recommended literature
  • Bileišis, M. et al. (2017). Public Administration Reforms in Eastern European Union Member States. Post-Accession Convergence and Divergence.
  • Hammerscmid, G. et al. (Eds.). (2016). Public Administration Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • POLLITT, Christopher and Geert BOUCKAERT. Public management reform: a comparative analysis : new public management, governance, and the neo-Weberian state. xvii. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, 367 pp. 3rd. ISBN 978-0-19-959509-9. info
  • RAINEY, Hal G. Understanding and managing public organizations. 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, xx, 524. ISBN 9780470402924. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion during seminars (following reading asingments and tasks defined by instructions for individual seminars). In the case a student is attending an internship abroad, he/she should contact a course guarantor in order to find out about requirements for passing the course (e.g., compensatory work, possibility to pass a similar course during his/her internship).
Assessment methods
IIn order to pass the subject, students of the full-time form are required to:
1. be prepared for and attend seminars (one absence is tolerated)
2. pass a final exam (which is oral or written based on number of students in the course)


Requirements (including the literature) are further specified in the interactive syllabus and the downloadable study plan before the semester starts.
Náhradní absolvování
In the case a student is attending an internship abroad, he/she is still required to consult his/her tutor regarding requirements on passing the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
General note: Smí si zapsat pouze studenti, kteří předmět úspěšně neabsolvovali na jaře 2023. A studenti DD.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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