SPRn4504 Development of Social Institution Project

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course enables students to meet real ways of funding real projects in the field of social policy and social work from national and European sources. It enables students especially to develop the skills needed for writing such projects because students are taught how to design and write their own project aimed at the specific target group in a specific region/locality.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students gain key theoretical and practical knowledge about the ways of creating and managing projects in the field of social policy and social work with regard to available financial, personnel, and technological resources. They will create (write) their own viable project, which will be the result of their ability: to identify key problems of the specific issue in the selected region / locality, and to propose specific goals and measures leading to their achievement.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the course: the subject matter and optimal design practices in public and social policy and social work. Assignment and explanation of the first three steps of the project. (theoretical and empirical possibilities of viewing social problems, defining projects, institutions, management vs. defining the creation of projects and the project cycle)
  • 2) Identification of social problems and their causes in relation to the choice of relevant tools of intervention in social policy and social work: use of theories of social deviations and organizational theories (existing ways of solving social problems (solutions to organizational problems, methods and techniques of interventions towards specific target groups of clients) , the causes of social problems in organizations, in individuals and groups according to existing social deviant theories (theory of learning, tension, control, labelling) and other theories (psychological, psychiatric, health, etc.), the connection of existing intervention tools used in the field of work socialization and helping professions on the causes of the problems of the project's target groups)
  • 3) Problems of project feasibility: project implementation and implementation failure during their implementation (methods of viewing and evaluating projects in the process of their implementation, identification of key factors that influence the success of projects, elimination of potential or real problems during project implementation)
  • 4) Use of ESIF funds and other domestic and foreign sources to finance projects in the field of (not only) social work (types of ESIF funds and other sources of financing, existing types of financed projects and their importance/role, possibilities of their financing, methods of evaluation)
  • 5) Financial balance of projects: types of costs, budget creation
  • 6) Group and individual consultation of already implemented project steps, presentation of project creation procedures by students
Literature
    required literature
  • Horák, P. 2014. Role projektů financovaných z Evropského sociálního fondu v politice zaměstnanosti v České republice a zahraničí. Brno: MUNIpress.
  • Horáková, M. a kol. Hodnocení přínosu projektů Operačního programu Rozvoj lidských zdrojů. VÚPSV 2010. viz http://praha.vupsv.cz/Fulltext/vz_312.pdf., s. 14-38
  • Spolander, G., Martin, L., J. 2012. Successful Project Management in Social Work and Social Care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Doležal, J., a kol. 2016. Projektový management. Komplexně, prakticky a podle světových standardů. Praha: Grada.
  • Veselý, A., Nekola, M. (eds.). Analýza a tvorba veřejných politik. Přístupy, metody a praxe. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
  • Dočkal, V. 2007. Strukturální fondy EU – Projektový cyklus a projektové řízení. Příručka manažera. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav.
  • Machálek, P. et al. 2014. Dotační politiky EU. Jak napsat dobrou projektovou žádost. Brno: MuniPress.
  • POTŮČEK, Martin. Veřejná politika. Vydání první. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2016, xx, 309. ISBN 9788074005916. info
    recommended literature
  • Krechová, M., Hejduková, P., Hommerová, D. 2018. Řízení neziskových organizací. Klíčové oblasti pro jejich udržitelnost. Praha: Grada.
  • Kloppenborg, T. 2019. Contemporary Project Management. Cengage Learning.
  • Škarabelová, S. a kol. 2002. Když se řekne nezisková organizace. Brno: ESF MU.
  • Barker, S., Cole, R. 2009. Projektový management pro praxi. Praha: Grada.
  • Hloušek, J., Hloušková, Z. 2011. Získávání zdrojů na aktivity NNO působící v sociální oblasti. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus.
  • Doležal, J.2016. Projektový management v praxi - Naučte se řídit projekty! Praha: Grada.
  • Zatloukal a kol. 2011. Komplexní posuzování potřeb klientů v rámci poradenského rozhovoru z hlediska přístupu zaměřeného na řešení. Sociální práce, 11, s. 81-92
  • Zietlow, J., Hankin, J.A. Seidner, A.,O'Brien, T. 2018. Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Policies and Practices. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://1lib.eu/book/3517343/1cc4c2
  • Doležal, J., Krátký,A., Cingl, O. 2013. Pět kroků k úspěšnému projektu: 22 šablon klíčových dokumentů a 3 kompletní reálné projekty. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada.
  • Boukal. P. a kol. 2013. Fundraising pro neziskové organizace. Praha: Grada.
  • Spolander, G., Martin, L. 2012. Successful Project management in Social work and social care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Kerzner, H.R. 2017. Project management. London: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Aaltola, K. 2017. Project management handbook. Laurea University of Applied Sciences.
  • Strnadová, Z. 2019. Co by měl vědět příjemce dotace. Praha: Grada.
  • Svozilová, A. 2016. Projektový management - Systémový přístup k řízení projektů. 3. vydání. Praha: GRADA.
Teaching methods
Group projects, homework, class discussion, final project.
Assessment methods
The course emphasizes the student's independent creative activity supported by numerous consultations with the teacher. The course begins with the selection of a real issue and the definition of the problem on which the project focuses, and ends with the submission of viable project that solves a real problem situation. The elaboration of this project has a cumulative character, i.e. the current works (steps) follow the previous works.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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