ESF:MPV_VVSU PA - Intro. to Admin. Sc. - Course Information

MPV_VVSU Public Administration - Introduction to Administrative Science

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Gilles GUIHEUX (lecturer), doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. PhDr. Jan Šelešovský, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Juraj Nemec, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Starobová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 9:20–11:00 S402

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPV_VVSU/01: Mon 11:05–12:45 S402, D. Špaček
MPV_VVSU/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Špaček

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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 Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

The main objective of the course is to highlight the most important current trends of administrative science and not to omit the current form of the Czech administrative system at the same time. Since the subject is taught within the Czech-French study program, it contains practical situations in Czech as well as in French public administration.

After passing the course students:
- should be able to define and characterize administrative science, its object and methods;
- should know and be able to demonstrate the specifics of public administration which are reflected in specific management of administrative institutions;
- should gain knowledge of public administration reform trends in Western European countries as well as in the Czech Republic and should be able to compare the reforms;
- should understand and characterize the specifics of Czech territorial administration, its management and its problems;
- should understand and characterize the role of central administration within the Czech administrative system and should be well informed about coordination instruments that are used in the Czech administrative context;
- should understand the e-government terminology, be aware of possible barriers of e-government initiatives and be able to demonstrate them on specific examples;
- should gain knowledge of civil service models and be able to compare them with the current Czech legislative practice;
- should be well informed about the development of the role of the French state since 1945 and characterize its main features;
- should gain knowledge of French administrative system and characterize trends of its reforming.

Syllabus

• Supposed topics of lectures are the following:
• 1. Administrative science and public administration;
• 2. Management and public administration, modernization trends;
• 3. Development of the role of the French state since 1945;
• 4. French administrative system - part 1;
• 5. French administrative system - part 2;
• 6. Public administration reforms;
• 7. Public administration reform in France;
• 8. Public administration reform in the Czech republic;
• 9. Function of municipal administration and Czech municipal system;
• 10. Function of regional administration and Czech regions and regions of cohesion;
• 11. The role of central administrative level and coordination within the Czech administrative system;
• 12. Modern ICT in public administration;
• 13. Civil service models and their practice in the Czech Republic

Literature

required literature
• Hendrych, D. Správní věda: teorie veřejné správy. Praha : ASPI, 2003. ISBN 8086395863.
• Studijní materiály připravené vyučujícím.
• Příslušná legislativa.
• Aktuální informace na webu příslušných subjektů veřejné správy.

recommended literature
• 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
• The new public management in Europe : adaptations and alternatives. Edited by Christopher Pollitt - Sandra van Thiel - V. M. F. Homburg. 1st ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xii, 229. ISBN 9780230006935. info
• POLLITT, Christopher and Geert BOUCKAERT. Public management reform : a comparative analysis. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, xiii, 345. ISBN 9780199268481. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion during seminars (following reading asingments and tasks defined by instructions for individual seminars).

Assessment methods

In order to pass the course, students are required to:
a) elaborate a final essay on a selected topic within the prescribed quality framework within the prescribed deadline (Czech part);
b) pass the final exam (which will be oral or written according to the number of students in the course)
c) elaborate a final essay on a selected topic within the prescribed quality framework within the prescribed deadline (French part).;
d) the final grade is the average of the Czech and French grade.

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.
General note: Část výuky probíhá ve francouzštině.
Credit evaluation note: k=1.

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.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
  
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