ESF:MKV_VES2 Public Administration II - Course Information

MKV_VES2 Public Administration II

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Lenka Matějová, Ph.D. (assistant)

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

Sun 9. 11. 8:30–11:50 P103, Sun 7. 12. 12:50–16:15 P103

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)

Course objectives

In the distant form of study, the course contains 2 blocks of face to face education. Main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows:
- to understand and characterize the term public administration in its scope on the basis of various approaches from the field of administrative law theory, administrative science and public economy, and to compare the approaches;
- to introduce and characterize the history and current trends of public administration reform in the Czech republic;
- to understand and demonstrate specifics of a joined public administration system as reflected in the specifics of Czech municipal and regional administration;
- to enhnace the konwledge of consequences of Czech municipal administration structure and characterize the main issues;
- to enhance the knowledge of relationship between Czech regions and regions of cohesion;
- to understand the role of the central administrative level in the administrative system and characterize the main issues of deconcentration;
- to be well informed about possible ways of public services delivery and their potentials as well as negatives (with a special emphasize on the legal framework of public procurement in the Czech Republic);
- to explain the specifics of the ethics in public administration and gain the knowledge of instruments-guarantees of legality (with a special and comparative emphasize on access to public information);
- to ehnance the knowledge of trends and issues of e-government in the Czech Republic and to compare the Czech practice with international trends and requirements of the European eGovernment policy;
- to gain and improve the knowledge of civil service models, including their practice in the current Czech law and be able to compare the Czech context with the models.

Syllabus

• The course concentrates on the following topics:
• 1. Public administration and its functions - interdisciplinary approach;
• 2. Starting points, progress and outputs of public administration reform in the Czech republic after 1989;
• 3. Systems of local administration organization, Czech municipal system and selected issues of decentralization;
• 4. Specifics of management of Czech cities;
• 5. Regional government, its functions and selected current issues;
• 6. Role of central government, issues of deconcentration and state property in the Czech Republic;
• 7. Ways of public service delivery - their potential and issues;
• 8. Public procurement - introduction to current legal framework and its practice;
• 9. Ethics in public administration and the issue of corruption;
• 10. Guarantees of legality in the public administration and right to information of public administration;
• 11. e-Government - its trends, problems and projects in Czech central and local govrnment
• 12. Models of legal status of civil servants and their practice abroad and in the Czech public administration.

Literature

required literature
• HENDRYCH, Dušan. Správní právo. Obecná část. 5. rozšíř. vyd. Praha: C.H.BECK, 2003, 793 pp. ISBN 80-717-9671-9. info
• Studijní podklady připravené vyučujícím.
• Aktuální informace z webových stránek příslušných subjektů veřejné správy podle úkolů samostudia.
• Relevantní legislativa.

recommended literature
• POMAHAČ, Richard and Olga VIDLÁKOVÁ. Veřejná správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xii, 278. ISBN 8071797480. info
• KOUDELKA, Zdeněk. Právní předpisy obcí a veřejný pořádek (The Legal Rules of Selfgovernment and Public Peace). In Zdokonalování veřejné správy a samosprávy v ČR. 1st ed. Brno: Ekonomicko správní fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 2007, p. 112-121. ISBN 978-80-7302-125-2. info
• COGAN, Rudolf. Krajské zřízení. Vyd. 1. Praha: ASPI, 2004, 440 s. ISBN 8073570416. info
• FRUMAROVÁ, Kateřina. Ochrana před nečinností veřejné správy v českém právním řádu. Praha: Linde, 2005, 246 s. ISBN 8072015052. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion, essays, reading asingments.

Assessment methods

In order to pass the subject, students are required to:
1. gain at least 50 % of the total points in the "controlling" test that takes place during the second block of the 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 or oral exams (the form of exam depands on the number of students in the course). The requirements stipulated in points 1 and 2 form the necessary precondition for students to be eligible to take the final exam.

Important information! 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 specified further 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.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: počet hodin tutoriálů: 8.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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