MPV_VES2 Public Administration II

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Tomáš Foltas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Juraj Nemec, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
each odd Thursday 8:00–9:50 P302a, except Thu 30. 3.
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPV_VES2/01: each even Thursday 8:00–9:50 P302a, D. Špaček
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites required.
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
The main objective of the course is to repeat the main theory of public administration and to discuss in a more advanced way current trends and issues of administrative reforms and their selected areas in the Czech Republic and foreign countries.
Learning outcomes
By passing the course students will be able:
• to understand and characterize specifics of public administration and role of PA considering various approaches and theories from the field of public administration, administrative law theory, public economy;
• to understand and discuss main theories and trends of foreign administrative reforms;
• to discuss potential and limitations of involvement of external stakeholders into public decision-making;
• to understand and discuss different models of organizing in public administration and administrative systems (inc. decentralization and deconcentration);
• to understand and discuss the role of accountability and its mechanisms in the Czech Republic;
• to understand the concept of ethics in public administration and to discuss about instrument of anti-corruption policies;
• to understand and discuss trends and barriers of e-governmentent development and diffusion.
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, trends and problems
  • 3) Organizing public administration - role, structure and problems of an administrative system
  • 4) E-gov and digitalization - developments and problems
  • 5) Accountability, control and coordination in public administration
  • 6) Ethics and anticorruption policy - tools and issues
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠPAČEK, David. Public management v teorii a praxi (Public management in theory and practice). Praha: C. H. Beck, 2016, 376 pp. Beckova edice ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-7400-621-0. info
  • Literatura v e-čítance k jednotlivým tématům.
  • POLLITT, Christopher and Geert BOUCKAERT. Public management reform: a comparative analysis : new public management, governance, and the neo-Weberian state. xvii. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, 367 pp. 3rd. ISBN 978-0-19-959509-9. info
  • Relevantní legislativa.
  • Relevantní dokumenty úřadů apod.
    recommended literature
  • RAINEY, Hal G. Understanding and managing public organizations. 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, xx, 524. ISBN 9780470402924. info
  • Bileišis, M. et al. (2017). Public Administration Reforms in Eastern European Union Member States. Post-Accession Convergence and Divergence.
  • Aktuální výstupy projektu EUPACK.
  • Hammerscmid, G. et al. (Eds.). (2016). Public Administration Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion during seminars (following reading asingments and tasks defined by instructions for individual seminars).
Assessment methods
IIn order to pass the subject, students of the full-time form are required to:
1. be prepared for and attend seminars (one absence is tolerated)
2. pass a final exam (which is oral or written based on 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)
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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