PVKVSO Control of Administration Performance, Organisational Audit

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Guiheux (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (deputy)
Muzellec (lecturer), doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (deputy)
doc. PhDr. Jan Šelešovský, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zuzana Kotherová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jan Šelešovský, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Šárka Horáková
Timetable
Tue 12:50–14:30 S307
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Controlling represents a fundamental instrument of every management process. The subject focuses on selected instruments of public administration control. Lectures are partly organized in Czech and partly in French.

Main objectives of the course include:
- introducing various approaches to control and various types of control which will be applied by the students;
- introducing the Czech and French control system and comparing them;
- explanation of the topic of rights to public information in the international perspective, including the protection of personal data, characterization of the current Czech context;
- introducing and applying evlauation criteria and methods in public administration (including quality management and e-government effectiveness).
Syllabus
  • Supposed topics of lectures are as follows:
  • 1. Information about course requirements. Control as an instrument of management; public administration as an object and subject of control;
  • 2. Approaches to control and control types. Czech control system;
  • 3. French control system;
  • 4. Budgetary and accounting system of the Frech public sector;
  • 5. Financial control system in France and the European Union;
  • 6. Audit in France and the EU;
  • 7. The Court of Auditors in France;
  • 8. Judiciary control in France;
  • 9. Evalutation of public administration activities;
  • 10. Importance of communication within public administration coordination;
  • 11. Legislation of control and audit in the Czech Republic;
  • 12. Specifics of control and audit in the Czech municipal and regional administration;
  • 13. Presentation of essays and final test.
Literature
    required literature
  • REKTOŘÍK, Jaroslav and Jan ŠELEŠOVSKÝ. Kontrolní systémy veřejné správy a veřejného sektoru (Control systemes withins the sphere of Public Administration and Public Sector). První. Praha: Ekopress, s.r.o. K Motelu 124, Praha 4, 2003, 212 pp. Ekonomická řada. ISBN 80-86119-72-6. info
  • KOLEKTIV. Posílení vnitřních finančních kontrolních mechanismů na regionální úrovni. Sofreco 2005, Projekt Phare, ISBN 80-86284-53-0
  • GUENGANT, A. Analyse financiére des communes. 1. vyd. Paris: Economica, 1998
    recommended literature
  • ŠELEŠOVSKÝ, Jan, Jan BINEK, Hana JURAJDOVÁ and Pavla KVAPILOVÁ. Finance, audit, kontrola - učební text - Průběžné vzdělávání úředníků ÚSC (Finance - audit - control). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006. ISBN 80-210-3944-2. info
  • KOLEKTIV. Řízení procesů výkonu státní správy. MV ČR, 2004, ISBN 80-239-4098-8
  • Studijní podklady připravené vyučujícím
  • Relevantní legislativa
  • Relevantní informace na webových stránkách příslušných úřadů
Teaching methods
The course takes the form of both lectures and seminars. Lectures explain basic topics. During the seminars the basic topics are discussed as well as elaborated by presentations of seminar essays. Student develop knowledges through homeworks and its public presentation as well as active participation during seminars. Practical knowledge of students is also developed through the lecture of practitioner from the regional office.
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 test based on the Czech part with at least 60 points;
c) elaborate a final essay on a selected topic within the prescribed quality framework within the prescribed deadline (French part);
The final grade is the avarege of the Czech and French grade.

Requirements (including the literature) are specified further in the interactive syllabus and the downloadable study plan before the semester starts. 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.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Část výuky probíhá ve francouzštině.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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