ESF:MKV_VES2 Public Administration II - Course Information

MKV_VES2 Public Administration II

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

JUDr. Tomáš Foltas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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

Fri 3. 3. 16:20–19:35 P201, Fri 24. 3. 16:20–19:35 P201

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 combines 2 tutorials with focused questions assign for self-preparation. 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;
- to gain an improve the knowledge on administrative law procedures and of their specifics.

Syllabus

• The course concentrates on the following topics:
• 1) State and public administration - their functions in the past and in the present
• 2)Public administration reforms and their motives, Czech reform and its starting points and results
• 3) Role and models of self-governments, issues of decentralization, situation in the Czech Republic
• 4) Role of central government, intergovernmentalism and problems of deconcentration and coordination, situation in the Czech Republic
• 5) Global governance, international and supranational organizations
• 6) Role of the ethics in public administration, instruments, corruption, situation in the Czech Republic
• 7) Civil servants - models, trends, situation in the Czech Republic
• 8) Public administration accountability and system of public administration control
• 9) Public information, openness and transparency, role of e-gov
• 10) Administrative rules of procedures I (fundamentals, principles, subjects, phases)
• 11) Administrative rules of procedures II (selected specialized issues)

Literature

required literature
• Ochrana, F., Půček, M., Špaček, D. Veřejná správa. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, EKonomicko-správní fakulta, 2015.
• Relevantní legislativa.
• Aktuální informace z webových stránek příslušných subjektů veřejné správy podle úkolů samostudia.

recommended literature
• 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 during tutorials (following reading asingments and tasks defined by instructions for individual topics).

Assessment methods

In order to pass the subject, students are required to:
1. elaboration of a seminar work;
2. pass the final test with at least 60 points or an oral exam (the form of exam depends on the number of students in the course).


Requirements (including the literature) are further specified in the interactive syllabus and the downloadable study plan before the semester starts.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: počet hodin tutoriálů: 8.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
  
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