Passing the study plan

The final state examination in the Public Administration programme (L'Administration publique) will take the form of a defence and subsequent debate on the thesis. During the debate, the student will be asked questions covering the subjects of the profiling foundation. These questions will cover in particular Economics, Public Administration (both Czech and French) and Public Finance.

The topics from which the questions will be selected will be published in advance.

Proposal of qualification thesis topics:
Municipal indebtedness in the Czech Republic and France
Effects of limited perception of sunk costs in public projects
Evaluation of a selected measure of the European policy of the Rural Development Programme from the point of view of subsidy beneficiaries
Measurement of citizens' satisfaction with public services - practice of public administration offices in the Czech Republic
Performance evaluation and management in the public sector
Use of PMI tools in public projects
Cost-effectiveness analysis and its use in selected areas of health care
Barriers to inter-municipal cooperation
Role of local action groups in rural development
Opportunities and challenges of citizen participation in strategic and spatial planning


Topics of defended theses (examples for the last 5 years):
Financing of public universities in the Czech Republic
(https://is.muni.cz/th/217607/esf_m/)
Multiannual budgeting at regional level (in France)
(https://is.muni.cz/th/384472/esf_m/)
Quality management in public sector organisations (on the example of a selected organisation) (https://is.muni.cz/th/324483/esf_m/)
Analysis and evaluation of selected health policy objectives
(https://theses.cz/id/y00upw)
Employee satisfaction and motivation in public administration
(https://is.muni.cz/th/425069/esf_m/)