BM505Zk Basics of Administrative Science

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Radislav Bražina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Petr Havlan, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Lipka (assistant)
Mgr. Břetislav Martínek (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Soňa Skulová, Ph.D.
Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Fri 22. 9. 16:00–17:40 133, 18:00–19:40 133, Fri 20. 10. 16:00–17:40 025, 18:00–19:40 025, Fri 24. 11. 8:00–9:40 025, 10:00–11:40 025
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01) && !PROGRAM(N-VS)
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the basic structure and the necessary scope of knowledge about the organizational structure of public administration, as well as the activities of public administration in its various forms, as an important governing social system, significantly profiled by legal regulation. In addition, orientation in the basic aspects and problems of modern public administration in the conditions of a democratic state governed by the rule of law and in the European administrative area, on decision-making processes in public administration (including the operation of the principles of good administration), on the personnel basis of public administration and the civil service and their importance, on the role and importance of public administration ethics, on reform processes in public administration, including the current stage, as well as on trends in this area, including modernisation efforts.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course Administrative Science: student - has a deeper knowledge of the actual structure and functioning of public administration as a social management systém, is able to orientace in fundamental aspects and problems of modern public administration in a democratic rule of law and the European administrative area, has knowledge of the decision-making processes in public administration (including the principles of good governance), of a personal basis of public administration and civil service, of the principles of ethics and ethical codes, - is able to orientate in in information policy and standards of public administration, - can design problem solving specific issues related to the organization and activities of public administration, with respect to the current reformative process, - is able to convey knowledge of the latest developments and trends in European public administration systems for the preparation of modernization processes in public administration.
Syllabus
  • The term and the subject of administrative science, history of administrative science’s research, approaches to the administrative science’s research, organization of public administration and public administration’s organizational principles, public administration’s decision making procedures and its factors and principles, criteria of public administration’s effectiveness, transparency, liability and supervision of public administration, information policy and public administration’s standards, personal aspect of public administration and institute of the civil service, public administration’s ethics, the importance of public administration’s research in the modern democratic legal state, values and principles of the European administrative area and its formation, reformative processes in public administration.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SKULOVÁ, Soňa. Rozhodování ve veřejné správě. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 173 s. ISBN 802101458X. info
  • HENDRYCH, Dušan. Správní věda : teorie veřejné správy. 4., aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014, 242 s. ISBN 9788074785610. info
  • VESELÁ, Monika. Státní služba. Edited by Petr Průcha. 1996, 137 l. info
  • POMAHAČ, Richard and Olga VIDLÁKOVÁ. Veřejná správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2002, xii, 278. ISBN 8071797480. info
  • PAVLÍK, Marek, Karel ŠIMKA, Josef POSTRÁNECKÝ and Richard POMAHAČ. Moderní veřejná správa : zvyšování kvality veřejné správy, dobrá praxe a trendy. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020, 162 stran. ISBN 9788075980489. info
  • SKULOVÁ, Soňa, Petr HAVLAN, Alena KLIKOVÁ, Miloš MATULA, Petr MRKÝVKA, Lukáš POTĚŠIL, Petr PRŮCHA and Jan SVATOŇ. Základy správní vědy. 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 216 pp. Učebnice PrF MU, sv. 513. ISBN 978-80-210-7335-7. info
  • POMAHAČ, Richard. Průvodce veřejnou správou. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV, 1999, 246 s. ISBN 80-85866-42-0. info
  • Místní správa v liberálních demokraciích : úvodní náčrt. Edited by J. A. Chandler. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1998, 264 s. ISBN 8072390236. info
  • BAKEŠ, Milan. Veřejná správa a právo : pocta prof. JUDr. Dušanu Hendrychovi k 70. narozeninám. Edited by Vladimír Mikule - Vladimír Sládeček - Vladimír Vopálka - Dušan. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1997, vii, 378. ISBN 8071791911. info
Teaching methods
lectures, consultations, reading, e-learning.
Assessment methods
Oral exam. Student picked two issues. In the case of evaluation of one of the answers grade ”failed“, failed the entire exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.
Teacher's information
Přesný rozsah povinné literatury s určením stran k samostudiu je uveden v interaktivní osnově. Obdobně je u jednotlivých přednášek specifikována doporučená literatura k tématu.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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