ESF:PVMOVS Management of PA Orga.+ M+C sk - Course Information

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

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Darré (seminar tutor), doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (deputy)
doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Simona Škarabelová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zuzana Kotherová, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Šárka Horáková

Timetable

Mon 13:30–17:05 S307, Wed 13:30–17:05 S307

Prerequisites

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

• Public Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)

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

• 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
• DEVITO, Joseph A. Základy mezilidské komunikace. Translated by Milan Bartůšek - Jiří Rezek. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2001, 420 s. ISBN 8071699888. 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.

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