Public Administration I
The aim of this course is to introduce students the scope of the public administration in the theoretical, international, historical and particularly Czech context.
Main course objectives can be summarized as follows:
- to introduce the basic public sector and public administration theory a apply it in the Czech context;
- to introduce and apply the basic theory of state and basic ideas of Czech administrative law theory;
- to introduce and characterize Czech public administration reform after 1989 till the present and to enhance the knowledge on its selected outputs (territorial public administration, central administration and their employees);
- to introduce and discuss special public administration topics (e-government, civil service, legislative process, public tenders, management of crisis).
Teacher(s)
Syllabus
Supposed topics of lectures are the following:
1. Public sector and public administration theory - introduction
2. Forms of government
3. Czech public administration reform
4. Municipalities and their problems
5. Regional administration and its problems
6. Role and problems of central government in the Czech Republic
7. E-government - aims, trends, situation in the CR
8. Civil service in the CR
9. Public tendering, problems, control mechanisms
10. Use of public property
11. Accountability and PA control system
