BPV_APUA Public Administration

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
podzim 2023
Rozsah
2/0/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. Marek Navrátil (přednášející)
Thi My Dieu Nguyen, M.A. (přednášející)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.
Katedra veřejné ekonomie – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Biskupová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra veřejné ekonomie – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Rozvrh
Po 12:00–13:50 S305, kromě Po 18. 9., kromě Po 6. 11.
Předpoklady
No prerequisites required.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 25 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 18/25, pouze zareg.: 0/25, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/25
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The aim of the course is to introduce to key public administration theory and discuss selected topics with regards to their developments (including the developments of home countries of students).
Výstupy z učení
The aim of this course is to introduce students the scope of the public administration in terms of its main theory and developments (including the developments in their home countries).

After passing the course students:
- will be aware and will understand basic public administration theories;
- will be aware and will understand role of the State and various models of its organization and government regimes and systems;
- will now key models of public administration reforms and will be able to explain their main ideas, instruments, positives and shortcomings;
- will understand and will be able to explain models of PA recognized in the comparative PA literature and discuss a situation in their home countries;
- will understand and will be able to explain role of self-governments in PA systems and discuss existing problems and trends;
- will understand and will be able to explain role of self-overnments in PA systems and discuss existing problems and trends;
- will understand and will be able to explain role of central government in PA systems and discuss existing problems and trends;
- will understand and will be able to explain and discuss the potential of e-gov, its developments as well as barriers to its diffusion and implementation;
- will be aware of existing models of civil service and their real-world advantages and disadvantages;
- will understand the complexity of accountability and control in PA and will be able to explain and discuss situation in their home countries;
- will understand the concept of ethics and ethical behaviour in PA and be able to discuss potential of related instruments.
Osnova
  • 0) Inroduction to the concept of the course and its requirements
  • 1) Introduction to public administration theory
  • 2) State power and its organization, government regimes
  • 3) Administrative reforms
  • 4) PA in a comparative perspective I - PA systems
  • 5) PA in a comparative perspective II - self-governments
  • 6) PA in a comparative perspective III - role and organization of central government
  • 7) eGovernment / eGovernance
  • 8) Civil service
  • 9) Accountability and control
  • 10) Ethics and PA
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • In the course no special book is used due to heterogeneity of countries from which the students are coming. Students are recommended studying materials for individual topics in the instructions prepared for individual topics and published in IS.MUNI.
  • OECD (2023). Czech Republic - Towards a more modern and effective public administration. Available at: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/oecd-public-governance-reviews-czech-republic_41fd9e5c-en.
  • Náhradní obsah: OECD (2023). Government at a Glance. Available at: https://www.oecd.org/publication/government-at-a-glance/2023/ (selected sections, as instructed during lectures/seminars).
    doporučená literatura
  • POLLITT, Christopher a Geert BOUCKAERT. Public management reform : a comparative analysis - new public management, governance, and the neo-weberian state. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xvii, 367. ISBN 9780199595082. info
Výukové metody
Lectures, seminars, class discussions, individual or group projects, reading, potentially also presentations of foreign experts. This will be specified in the beginning of the semester in the studying plan. In the case a student is attending an internship abroad, he/she should contact a course guarantor in order to find out about requirements for passing the course.
Metody hodnocení
In order to pass the subject, students will be required to:
- prepare and present a group / an individual presentation on a given topic;
- prepare for individual seminars based on instructions introduced by lecturers;
- pass a test / an oral exam (the method of final examination will be specified at the beginning of the course and will also depend on the number of students in the course).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2022, podzim 2024.