MPV_MAPU Public Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: PhDr. Ing. Pavla Hradecká
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Prerequisites
The course is available only for students of the Czech-French study programme Public Administration.
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
Course objectives
Managing public organizations does not mean only a delivery of policy defined by the central government. It requires to achieve goals related to missions of the organizations and reflect on needs of various stakeholders in an efficient, effective and economic way, to focus on achieving results and take responsibility for them. Achieving of this leads to various requirements on competences of public managers. It requires them to creatively use modern public management tools and apply them in the specific environment of the public sector.
The aim of the course is to provide students with information on specifics of public management and prepare them for their potential managerial roles in public organizations.
Learning outcomes
By passing the course students will be able to
- interpret significant, specifics and modern trends of reforms and modernizations in public administration and public sector;
- understand the role, tools and limitations of strategic planning and management in public organizations;
- understand specifics of human resources management (HRM) in public administration and specify and discuss individual HRM activities and their legal framework;
- gain knowledge of the main principles of team management.
Syllabus
  • Theoretical principles of management
  • Public management and its specifics
  • Public management – development of approaches, role of public managers
  • Strategic management in public administration
  • HRM in public administration
  • Identification of various situations in which the manager may find himself
  • Practicing situations by playing roles
Literature
    required literature
  • RAINEY, Hal G., Sergio FERNANDEZ and Deanna MALATESTA. Understanding and managing public organizations. Sixth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: Jossey-Bass, 2021, xx, 572. ISBN 9781119705895. info
  • DE HEMMER GUDME, Olaf and Hugues POISSONNIER. Valeur(s) et Management: Des méthodes pour plus de valeur(s) dans le management. 1st ed. Editions EMS, 2013, 262 pp. ISBN 2-84769-487-0. info
  • RAGAIGNE, Aurélien and Yves EMERY. Manager les paradoxes dans le secteur public. Hermann, 2019, 246 pp. ISBN 2-7056-9675-X. info
  • TISSIER, Dominique. Management situationnel: Vers l'autonomie et la responsabilisation. Eyrolles, 2018, 180 pp. ISBN 2-212-56593-3. info
Teaching methods
During the lessons, key topics are introduced by the teacher and discussed by the students. Theoretical knowledge is then put into practice through role-playing, in which students find themselves in various situations that they may encounter as public managers.
Assessment methods
Teaching is organized in the form of block teaching, where the lectures and seminars are connected according to the needs of teaching. The course concludes with a written essay about management scored according to the French evaluation (scale from 0 to 20); it is necessary to obtain at least 10/20. The result is then converted according to the Czech scale of grades to the Czech grade.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/econ/autumn2024/MPV_MAPU