Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.

Department/Faculty/University

• Masaryk University Faculty of Economics and Administration Department of public economics

Function, current position

• Associate Professor

Education and academic qualifications

• Master: 2002 - Faculty of Economics and Economic Policy and Administration, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic PhD: 2007 - Faculty of Economics and Public economics Administration, Masaryk university, Brno, Czech Republic Associate professor: July 2017 - Faculty of Economics and Public economics Administration, Masaryk university, Brno, Czech Republic

Professional experience

• 2004 – 2007: assistant 2007 – June 2017: assistant professor July 2017 - present: Associate professor, Faculty of economics and administration, Masaryk university, Brno, Czech Republic, researching and lecturing in the following areas: public administration (including CZ public procurement system) and its reforms, public management, e-government and its evaluation

Teaching activities

• Public administration I and II, Public Management

Research activities

• 2004: Optimalization of the legal and economic environment on account of the increase of regional public administration performance effectiveness (Project VA2004004003 for the Ministry of inferior of the Czech Republic; co-researcher); 2005: Conception of improvement of communication between central state administration and self-governmental units (Project VA20052005005 for the ministry of inferior of the Czech Republic; co-researcher); 2005 – 2006: Regional and Local administration management (Project of Czech Ministry for Regional Development, co-researcher); 2005 – 2006: Regional and local administration management (Project of Czech Ministry for Regional Development, co-researcher); 2006 – 2007: Human factor and communication in public administration (Project of Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, elaborated in cooperation with the Faculty of Public Administration of the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice, Slovakia; co-researcher); 2007 – 2009: Measurement of citizens’ satisfaction with public sector services as integral part of quality management in public sector organizations (Grant no. 402/07/1486 of the Czech Science Foundation; co-researcher). 2011 - 2013: COCOPS project (Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future; informal cooperation with the research team - gathering data on the Czech Republic, case studies preparation) 2012 -2014: Identification and evaluation of region specific factors determining outcomes of reforms based on NPM – the case of CEE (Project of the Czech Grant Agency no. P403/12/0366, member of the research team, project coordinator) 2014 - 2015: International Visegrad Fund project Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the basis of EU Administrative Principles 2014 - 2015: International Visegrad Fund project 25 years of public administration reforms in V4 countries and future prospects 2015 – 2016: Knowledge management for local and regional development (Project of the Czech Technology Agency, TB040MMR008, responsible researcher) 2016 – 2018: Performance management in public administration - theory vs. practices in the Czech Republic and other CEE countries (Project of the Czech Grant Agency no. GA16-13119S, member of the research team, project coordinator) 2016 - 2017: report for the European Commission within Tender SRSS/C2016/042 – ‘Evaluation of the design and functioning of the Czech National Electronic Tool (NEN) within the Czech e-procurement environment’

Professional stays abroad

• -

Major publications

• SVOBODA, František, Dagmar ŠPALKOVÁ, David ŠPAČEK, Eduard BAKOŠ, Jan ŠELEŠOVSKÝ, Zuzana ŠPAČKOVÁ, Iveta ŠTARHOVÁ, Jana SOUKOPOVÁ, Simona ŠKARABELOVÁ and Marek PAVLÍK. Ekonomika veřejného sektoru (Economy of Public sector). 1st ed. Praha: Ekopress, s.r.o., 2017, 279 pp. ISBN 978-80-87865-35-4. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Knowledge Management in Public Administration. What Can Be Found in Research Outputs in the Czech Republic Preliminary Findings. In Špalková, D., Matějová, L. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference Current Trends in Public Sector Research. Brno: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta, 2016, p. 94-101. ISBN 978-80-210-8082-9. info
• 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
• ŠPAČEK, David. Když snahy o inovaci přejede parník setrvačnosti. In časopis Veřejná správa. Ministerstvo vnitra, 2016, p. 1. info
• ŠPAČEK, David, Milan Jan PŮČEK, Juraj NEMEC, Filip HRŮZA, Eduard BAKOŠ and Mirka WILDMANNOVÁ. ÚZEMNÍ ROZVOJ A EXTERNÍ SUBJEKTY - metodika pro podporu zapojování externích subjektů (TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXTERNAL SUBJECTS - guide for supporting inclusion of external subjects). 2016. info
• ŠPAČEK, David, Milan Jan PŮČEK, Juraj NEMEC, Filip HRŮZA, Eduard BAKOŠ and Mirka WILDMANNOVÁ. ŘÍZENÍ ZNALOSTÍ - metodika pro podporu nastavení vnitřních procesů (KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT - guide for supporting internal processes). 2016. info
• ŠPALKOVÁ, Dagmar and David ŠPAČEK. Performance Appraisal in Czech Self-government. In J. Nemec, M. S. de Vries. Implementation of New Public Management Tools: Experiences from transition and emerging countries. 1st ed. Bruxellles: Editions juridiques Bruylant, 2015, p. 267-284. Public administration today. ISBN 978-2-8027-4999-8. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Quality Management in the Czech Public Administration. In Juraj Nemec, Michiel S. de Vries. Implementation of New Public Management tools: Experiences from transition and emerging countries. Bruxelles: Bruylant, 2015, p. 285-304. Public administration today. ISBN 978-2-8027-4999-8. info
• NEMEC, Juraj, David ŠPAČEK and Patrycja Joanna SUWAJ. Standards of Excellence and Public Management Education in Central Europe. In Allan Rosenbaum. In Quest of Excellence: Approaches to Enhancing the Quality of Public Administration Education and Training. Slovensko: NISPAcee, 2015, p. 237-258. In Quest of Excellence: Approaches to Enhancing the Quality of Public Administration Education and Training. ISBN 978-80-89013-76-0. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. E-government Policy and its Implementation in the Czech Republic: Selected Shortcomings. Central European Journal of Public Policy. Praha: Faculta sociálních studií, Univerzita Karlova, 2015, vol. 9, No 1, p. 78-100. ISSN 1802-4866. URL info
• NEMEC, Juraj, David ŠPAČEK and Michiel S. DE VRIES. Coordinating Healthcare Under a Pluralistic Health Insurance System: The Case of Slovakia. Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences. Rumunsko: Babes-Bolyai University, 2015, vol. 2015, 45E, p. 168-184. ISSN 1842-2845. URL info
• ŠPALKOVÁ, Dagmar, David ŠPAČEK and Juraj NEMEC. Performance Management and Performance Appraisal: Czech Self- Governments. The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy. 2015, vol. 8, No 2, p. 69-88. ISSN 1337-9038. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nispa-2015-0009. info
• PŮČEK, Milan and David ŠPAČEK. Strategic public management – selected experience with BSC implementation. Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences. Cluj: Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, 2014, vol. 2014, 41E, p. 146-169. ISSN 1842-2845. Web elektronické verze časopisu s daným článkem. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Coordination of and through E-Government: The Case of the Czech Republic. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy : the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe. NISPAcee - Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, 2014, VII/2014, No 1, p. 83-106. ISSN 1337-9038. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0001. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Enhancing coordination through e-government in the Czech Republic. In P. Lægreid, K. Sarapuu, L. H. Rykkja and T. Randma-Liiv. Organizing for Coordination in the Public Sector. Practices and Lessons from 12 European Countries. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, p. 213-224. Organizing for Coordination in the Public Sector: Practices and Lessons from 12 European Countries. ISBN 978-1-137-35962-9. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CZECH REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT. The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy. NISPAcee, 2014, vol. 2014, No 2, p. 135-150. ISSN 1338-4309. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. E-participation and web pages of Czech regions. In NISPAcee. Presented Papers from the 22nd NISPAcee Annual Conference. Bratislava: NISPAcee, 2014, p. 1-25. ISBN 978-80-89013-72-2. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Elektronická veřejná správa a její trendy (Electronic public administration and its trends). Praha: C.H.Beck, 2013, 40 pp. beckovy mezioborové učebnice. ISBN 978-80-7400-447-6. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Hodnocení a kvalita ve veřejné správě (Evaluation and quality in public administration). Praha: C.H.Beck, 2013, 51 pp. beckovy mezioborové učebnice. ISBN 978-80-7400-447-6. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Information Strategies of Czech Statutory Cities and Regions: Critical Remarks. Knowledge Management: An International Journal. Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing LLC, 2013, 12/2012, No 3, p. 31-46. ISSN 2327-7998. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. NATIONAL APPROACH TO E-GOVERNMENT EVALUATION – CHALLENGES OF ACCOUNTABLE (E-)GOVERNMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. In Vintar, M., Aristovnik, A., Todorovski, L. Modern Approaches, Metrics and Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating Public Policies. Ljubljana: Faculty of Administration, 2013, p. 265-300. Modern Approaches, Metrics and Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating Public Policies. ISBN 978-961-262-065-3. info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Quality criteria of Czech municipal offices – views of their employees. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management. Champaign, Illinois, USA: Common Ground Publishing LLC, 2012, vol. 11, No 5, p. 235-259. ISSN 1447-9524. info
• NEMEC, Juraj, David ŠPAČEK, Patrycja SUWAJ and Artur MODRZEJEWSKI. Public Management as a University Discipline in New European Union Member States: The Central European case. Public Management Review. Routledge, 2012, vol. 14, No 8, p. 1087-1108. ISSN 1471-9037. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2012.657834. URL info
• ŠPAČEK, David. Approaches to e-government evaluation – potential and limitations (Přístupy k hodnocení e-governmentu - potenciál a omezení). In Proceedings of the 16th international conference - Modern and current trends in the public sector research. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Ekonomicko-správní fakulta, 2012, p. 99-107. ISBN 978-80-210-5822-4. info

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