ESF:MPV_VES2 Public Administration II - Course Information

MPV_VES2 Public Administration II

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

Timetable

each odd Thursday 8:00–9:50 P102, except Thu 19. 9., except Thu 7. 11.

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPV_VES2/01: each even Thursday 8:00–9:50 P102, except Thu 19. 9., except Thu 7. 11.

Prerequisites

No special prerequisites required. It is however better if students have already some knowledge on public administration. Due to changes in place of the course in the programme (the course will be moved to Autumn semester), during Spring 2024 the course will be based only on consultations. It is therefore recommended to students to enroll for the course in Autumn 2024 or, if this is not possible for them (e.g., due to state exams in Spring 2024), it is highly recomennded to enroll the course from the distant form of the programme (i.e., the course MKV_VES2) for Spring 2024.

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

• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)
• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-VES)
• Public Economics (programme ESF, N-HPS)

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 and trends of 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 in the Czech Republic;
• 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.

Syllabus

• The course concentrates on the following topics:
• 1) State and public administration - their functions in the past and in the present
• 2) Public administration reforms and their motives, trends and problems
• 3) Organizing public administration - role, structure and problems of an administrative system
• 4) E-gov and digitalization - developments and problems
• 5) Accountability, control and coordination in public administration
• 6) Ethics and anticorruption policy - tools and issues

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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Smí si zapsat pouze studenti, kteří předmět úspěšně neabsolvovali na jaře 2023. A studenti DD.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: konzultace.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.

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