KVMHVP Evaluation Methods of Public Projects

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Ladislav Kavřík (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Jílková
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
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce students to the study of main valuation methods and topical problems of public projects and public procurement valuation. At the end of this course, students should:
- be able to identify contemporary issues of public projects and public procurements valuation,
- know several methods which are used with public projects and public procurements valuation (with a reference to monocriterial and muliticriterial quantitative methods),
- be able to apply these methods,
- be able to choose an optimal monocriterial or multicriterial method for a public project valuation and selection,
- be able to evaluate public procurements formally and factually.
Syllabus
  • Tutorials focus on the following topics:
  • 1st topic: Introduction to the methods and methodology of public projects and public procurements valuation, history, project cycle.
  • 2nd topic: Monocriterial methods of public projects valuation (financial methods, input-output methods, CBA, CMA, CEA, CUA, problems with the dicount rate setting).
  • 3. topic: Problems with non-market goods and services valuation, non-market valuation methods, Benefit Transfer
  • 4th topic: Multicriterial methods of public project valuation, public procurement valuation.
Literature
  • OCHRANA, František. Veřejné zakázky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ekopress, 2004, 173 s. ISBN 8086119793. info
  • OCHRANA, František. Manažerské metody ve veřejném sektoru : teorie, praxe a metodika uplatnění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ekopress, 2002, 216 s. ISBN 8086119513. info
  • MALIŠOVÁ, Iva and Ivan MALÝ. Hodnocení veřejných projektů : učební text pro studenty oboru veřejná ekonomika. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 88 s. ISBN 8021015918. info
  • MAŇAS, Miroslav and Petr FIALA. Vícekriteriální rozhodování. Edited by Josef Jablonský. 1. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 1994, 316 s. ISBN 8070797487. info
Assessment methods
The course takes the form of lectures. The lectures (16 lessons) are divided into four parts. The main emphasis is put on self-study. The course is concluded with an oral exam. Students are eligible to take the oral exam provided that they fulfill given conditions:
1. they hand in a seminar paper in a given extent and structure within the obligatory date,
2. they successfully pass an on-line test after every part of the course in the IS MU during an obligatory period (a test is regarded as successful if at least 60% of answers are correct).
Detailed information concerning the seminar work and the on-line test is available in the interactive syllabus of the course in the IS MU.
If students commit a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence. The mentioned procedure relates to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work, essays, tests etc.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 16 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://is.muni.cz/el/1433/test/s_zakazky/ode/055-Soukopova/index.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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