MPV_MOVS Management of Organisations in PA + Development of Managerial and Communicative Skills

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Michel BOULIOU (lecturer)
Alain DARRE (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (deputy)
doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Simona Škarabelová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Simona Škarabelová, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Šárka Horáková
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Mon 13:30–17:05 S307, Wed 13:30–17:05 S307
Prerequisites
! PVMOVS Management of PA Orga.+ M+C sk
The course is designed for students in the Master’s consequential full-time study program in the Administration Publique field of study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 26 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/26, only registered: 0/26
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
To know individual management methods used in the public sector
To learn and improve management and communications skills used in the public sector
To practice management and communications skills used in the public sector
Syllabus
  • There are no lectures in this course.
  • Seminars are divided into thirteen blocks.
  • 1.Management – classifying definitions. Special characteristics of management in the public administration.
  • 2.(F = taught in French in France) Management of public institutions in France – reforms, decentralization, consequences.
  • 3.(F) Public policies management.
  • 4.(F) How to enforce changes in public administration.
  • 5.(F) Public policies and their orientations.
  • 6.Human factor in management. The role of a manager in public administration.
  • 7.External seminar with a manager working in public administration.
  • 8.Case study – team-solving concrete problems within managing public administration.
  • 9.Communication skills and their development – communication process, effective verbal and nonverbal communication, basic communication skills (listening, asking questions, effective praise, effective criticism, persuasion).
  • 10.Assertiveness and its significance in management activities – term assertiveness, basic attributes of assertive behaviour, assertive skills and their training.
  • 11.Team work and team leadership - types of teams, selection team members, formation and development of team, communication in work team, team leadership.
  • 12.Conflicts and their solution. Types of conflicts, sources of conflicts, positive and negative aspects of conflicts, styles of solving conflicts.
  • 13.Final revision and taking a final test.
Literature
    required literature
  • DEVITO, Joseph A. Základy mezilidské komunikace. Translated by Milan Bartůšek - Jiří Rezek. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2001, 420 s. ISBN 8071699888. info
    recommended literature
  • Wright, G.-Nemec,J.:Public management in the central and eastern european transition:concepts and cases. 1. vyd.Bratislava: NISPAcee 2002. 504 s. ISBN 80-89013-08-2
  • BARZELAY, Michael. The new public management : improving research and policy dialogue. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001, xx, 218. ISBN 0520224434. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, case studies, model situations, role playing.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with a written credit test (60% points at least).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Část výuky probíhá ve francouzštině. Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PVMOVS.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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