MKV_SPVE Administrative Science

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2011
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. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kociánová
Prerequisites
! KVSV Administrative Science
Students are required to pass the the course Public Administration 2 before enrolling for this course.
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
Administrative Science represents a social scientific discipline that focuses on public administration and its rationality and that tries to improve its efficiency, economcy, effectiveness and democratization.

The main objective of the course is to introduce the most important current trends of administrative science and not to omit the current form of the Czech administrative system at the same time.

After passing the course, students should:
- be able to define administrative science, its object and methods;
- know the specifics of public administration which are reflected in specific management of administrative institutions;
- gain knowledge of public administration reform trends in Western European countries as well as in the Czech Republic;
- understand the principles of organization and main trends of the organization theory;
- understand the role and specifics of communication in the administrative system;
- understand the current trends of human resources management in public administration;
- be aware of criteria of public administration evaluation as well as of their mutual relationships;
- understand the methods which are currently used for evaluation of e-government effectiveness and for quality management.
Syllabus
  • Supposed topics of lectures include the following:
  • 1. Definition of administrative science and public administration;
  • 2. Public administration reform and public management - trends abroad and in the Czech Republic;
  • 3. Organizational theory in public administration;
  • 4. Importance of communication in the public administration system and its potential and factual problems in the Czech Republic;
  • 5. Trends of ICT utilization in public administration and approaches to the evaluation of its effectiveness;
  • 6. Theory of bureaucracy and the status of civil servants and HRM;
  • 7. Criteria for the evaluation of public administration activities and the quality of public administration;
  • 8. Selected instruments of quality management.
Literature
  • Náhradní obsah: Hendrych, D. Správní věda: teorie veřejné správy. Praha : ASPI, 2003. ISBN 8086395863.
  • BAKOŠ, Eduard, Jan ŠELEŠOVSKÝ, David ŠPAČEK, Jan BINEK, Petra DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Jarmila FOJTÍKOVÁ, Petr HALÁMEK, Hana JURAJDOVÁ, Ladislav KAVŘÍK, David PÓČ, Martin POP, Jaroslav REKTOŘÍK, Simona ŠKARABELOVÁ and Pavel FIŠER. Vybrané přístupy, metody a nástroje managementu regionální a místní správy a jejich kontext (The selected approaches, methods and instruments of the regional and municipal management and their context). Brno: ESF MU, 2008, 216 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4698-6. info
  • POMAHAČ, Richard and Olga VIDLÁKOVÁ. Veřejná správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xii, 278. ISBN 8071797480. info
  • WRIGHT, Glen and Juraj NEMEC. Management veřejné správy : teorie a praxe. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ekopress, 2003, 419 s. ISBN 808611970X. info
  • KELLER, Jan. Sociologie byrokracie a organizace (Sociology, Bureaucracy and Organization.). In Sociologie byrokracie a organizace. Praha: SLON, 1996. ISBN 80-85850-15-X. info
  • Studijní materiály připravené vyučujícím.
  • Aktuální informace na webu příslušných subjektů veřejné správy.
Assessment methods
In order to pass the subject, students are required to:
1. gain at least 60 points (out of 100) in a mid-term written test, which takes place during the second block of 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 a necessary precondition for students to be eligible to take the final exam.

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 further specified 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.
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 KVSV.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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