NVV03Zk Sociological Aspects of Public Administration

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Bc. Markéta Štěpáníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Martina Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miloš Večeřa, CSc.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Fri 22. 9. 16:00–17:40 136, 18:00–19:40 136, Fri 6. 10. 8:00–9:40 034, 10:00–11:40 034, Fri 15. 12. 16:00–17:40 034, 18:00–19:40 034
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 31/70, only registered: 0/70, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/70
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to bring into the basic sociological problems of public administration with an orientation on the management of public sector administrative organs and their employees. The subject contributes towards the improvement of the social and cultural competencies and students will master general sociological terminology and they will also acquire piece of knowledge of the sociological aspects of institutionalization, the issues of bureaucracy and deviancy, social communication, social control, social stratification, problem solving of social conflicts and about the responsibility and ethics of resolving public sector administrative problems and issues too.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able: - to apply a sociological view to the issues of public administration; - to characterize the social processes of contemporary late modern society; - to identify social deviations and characterize the processes of social control; - to define the elements of the mechanism of social relations and types of social interaction.
Syllabus
  • Sociology, origins, definition, subject. Tradition of sociological thought, main representatives. Biological base of social life and socio-cultural determination of human behaviour. Culture and socialization of individual. Social behaviour and social relationships. Institutionalization of social behaviour, social organization and institution. Social position and role, social status and social stratification. Social norms, deviancy, social control, social values. Human component in organization and management, social group. Sociological research, methods, procedures and techniques. Sociology and public administration.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KELLER, Jan. Sociologie organizace a byrokracie. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007, 182 s. ISBN 9788086429748. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Martina. Systémy sociální kontroly a právo. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8086898946. info
  • VEČEŘA, Miloš and Tatiana MACHALOVÁ. Evropeizace práva v právně teoretickém kontextu (The Europeanization of Law in Juristic - Theoretical Context). 1. vyd. Brno: MU, 2010, 227 pp. Acta universitatis brunensis, Iuridica No 372. ISBN 978-80-210-5171-3. URL info
  • VEČEŘA, Miloš and Martina URBANOVÁ. Sociologie práva. 2. upr. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2011, 313 s. ISBN 9788073803216. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with slide show.
Assessment methods
Written examination (10 questions - minimum 50% correct answers) and oral examination.
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: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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