FSS:SPR736 Nongovernmental Sector - Course Information
SPR736 Nongovernmental Sector
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Ing. Vladimír Hyánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zuzana Prouzová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Jakub Pejcal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Kateřina Kubalčíková, 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 - Timetable
- Sat 23. 9. 14:15–15:45 U33, Sat 21. 10. 14:15–15:45 U33, Sat 2. 12. 14:15–15:45 U33
- Prerequisites
- The course is intended for regular bachelor student in the field of study Social Policy and Social Work.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social Work (programme FSS, B-SP) (2)
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to make students familiar with differences in operating of non-profit organizations in comparison with organizations of market sector, which work on profit-making principle. The course prefers that kind of orientation in this problem area which enables students to find out and explain relations in operating of non-profit sector. Also they should be able to evaluate the pros and the cons in realization of mission and goals of existing non-profit organization. Having passed the course students should be able to use acquired knowledge in practice in nonprofit organization in social area.
- Learning outcomes
- Having passed the course students should be able to:
use acquired knowledge in practice in nonprofit organization in social area.
explain the principles of behavior and the functions of a nonprofit organization
explain the basic principles and problems of the theoretical approaches to the non-profit sector
establish a non-profit organization or a social enterprise - Syllabus
- 1.Basic information on course. Delimitation functions of non-profit sector in national economy. Different access to definition of non-profit sector.
- 2.History of non-profit sector. NGO in economic theories.
- 3.NGO in international comparison. Economic indicators, employment, regional pattern of non-profit sector.
- 4.Mission, goals, functions and activities of NNO. Civic associations – legislation, economic characteristics, perspectives.
- 5.Foundations and (endowment) funds - legislation, function in non-profit sector, economic characteristics, and perspectives.
- 6.Public service organizations and church juridical persons (religious organizations) - legislation, function in non-profit sector, economic characteristics, and perspectives.
- 7.Financing of non-profit organizations. State grants policy.
- 8.Fundraising. Projects preparation.
- 9.Financing NGO from European Union’s structural funds.
- 10.Management, marketing, communication and PR in NNO. Strategy planning in NGO.
- 11.Accounting, taxation, audit, calculations for NNO.
- 12.Lecture of leading worker from chosen significant NNO.
- 13.Economical dimension of volunteer work in non-profit sector.
- Literature
- DOBROZEMSKÝ, Václav and Jan STEJSKAL. Nevýdělečné organizace v teorii. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2015, 398 stran. ISBN 9788074787997. info
- PROUZOVÁ, Zuzana. Přímé a nepřímé financování soukromých neziskových organizací z veřejných rozpočtů České republiky v letech 2008 až 2013. (Direct and indirect financing of private non-profit organizations from public budgets in the Czech Republic between 2008 and 2013). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 88 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8084-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-8111-2015. info
- HYÁNEK, Vladimír. Neziskové organizace: teorie a mýty. (Nonprofit Organizations: Theories and Myths). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 132 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5651-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-5651-2011. info
- REKTOŘÍK, Jaroslav, Vladimír HYÁNEK, Simona ŠKARABELOVÁ, Růžena LUKÁŠOVÁ, Jiří WINKLER, Hana JURAJDOVÁ, Jarmila FOJTÍKOVÁ and Zuzana PROUZOVÁ. Organizace neziskového sektoru. Základy ekonomiky, teorie a řízení. (Organizations of non profit sector. Basics of economy, theory and management. Second updated edition.). Třetí. Praha: Ekopress, s.r.o., K Mostu 124, Praha 4, 2010, 188 pp. Není uvedeno. ISBN 978-80-86929-54-5. info
- POSPÍŠIL, Miroslav, Michaela NEUMAYR, Simona ŠKARABELOVÁ, Ivan MALÝ, Michael MEYER and Ulrike SCHNEIDER. Neziskové organizace a jejich funkce v demokratické společnosti (Nonprofit organisations and their function in democratic societies). 1. vyd. Brno: Společnost pro studium neziskového sektoru, 2009, 31 pp. ISBN 978-80-904150-3-4. info
- ANHEIER, Helmut K. and Regina A. LIST. A dictionary of civil society, philanthropy and the non-profit sector. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2005, xxii, 306. ISBN 1857431669. info
- Definice neziskového sektoru : sborník příspěvků z internetové diskuse CVNS. Edited by Simona Škarabelová. Brno: Centrum pro výzkum neziskového sektoru, 2005, 52 s. ISBN 8023940570. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion, written projects, homework, reading.
- Assessment methods
- written test, written project, oral examination of written project, the test consists of 20 questions, 50% of correct answers is needed to pass.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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