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Public Administration

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 115-0017/03
Abbreviation VS
Course title Public Administration
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iveta Vrabková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The definition and function of public administration from the point of view of the theory of administrative science. Material and institutional concepts of public administration. Multidisciplinary basis of public administration.
2. State as a public law corporation. Constitutional elements of the state. Function and character of the state. Origin, extinction and state forms. Conditions of State Existence. Legal state. Economic role of the state.
3. The division of state power. Constitutional delimitation of individual components of state power. Parliament's functions and organization in the Czech Republic. Position and authority of the President. Constitution, authority and tasks of the government.
4. Mission, position and hierarchy of the courts. Types of court proceedings. Functions and organization of the administrative judiciary. Function and composition of the Constitutional Court.
5. Legislative process and its phase. The role of the government, the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and the President in the various phases of the legislative process. The specifics of the legislative process in the case of Constitutional Laws, the Electoral Act, the Act on the State Budget and the Senate's Legal Measures.
6. Principles and organization of public administration. Bearers and executors of public administration. Hierarchy and requirements of territorial administration.
7. Organization, functions and tasks of the state administration. Direct execution of state administration from the point of view of territorial and factual scope. Indirect performance of state administration in terms of delegated powers at the level of self-governing regions and municipalities in terms of territorial and material scope.
8. Self-government and its breakdown. Status, functions and tasks of professional chambers with compulsory membership and professional chambers with optional membership.
9. Region as a higher territorial self-governing unit. Brief history of self-governing regions in the territory of today's Czech Republic. Status, functions and authorities of the region. Separate jurisdiction of the regions.
10. The municipality as a basic territorial self-governing unit. A brief history of municipal self-government in the territory of today's Czech Republic. Status, functions, authorities and autonomy of the municipality. The position, functions and authorities of the capital city of Prague and its city districts.
11. Public functions and personal assumptions for the performance of public functions. Public functions based on a choice. Election systems, term of office and mandate. Public functions based on appointment, term of office, and qualification prerequisites.
12. Personal and qualification prerequisites for job seekers in public administration. Models of employment in public administration. Status, duties and remuneration of employees in public administration.
13. Organization and function of control activities in public administration. Tasks and possibilities of lay control. Professional control focused on financial control, administrative supervision and economic review.
14. Information as a product of public administration. Types and forms of information. Character and document management. Organization and tasks of file service. Forms of service in administrative proceedings.
Element of practice.

E-learning

Materials for self-study (lectures, script: Public administration, legislation) are published in LMS: https: //lms.vsb.cz/local/semester_overview/index.php

Organizace veřejné správy https://opencast.vsb.cz/play/a5fb145c-e899-4eaf-9300-f276315199a2

Obce https://opencast.vsb.cz/play/acf022a1-1341-4640-9b59-f36b98be5394

Zaměstnanci veřejné správy https://opencast.vsb.cz/play/6a82c1e6-460f-4b14-a1f9-4d1b84a4f66a
Kontrola ve veřejné správě https://opencast.vsb.cz/play/5671f274-9aeb-48a6-8344-b445620d3ef3

Literature

Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, 2004. Public Administration in the Czech Republic, ISBN 80-239-3458-9 .
Act on Municipalities No 128/2000
Act on Regions No 129/2000
HILLMAN, Arye L. Public finance and public policy: a political economy perspective on the responsibilities and limitations of government. Third edition. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-107-13631-1.

Advised literature

HORZINKOVÁ, Eva a Zdeněk FIALA. Správní právo hmotné: obecná část. 2. aktualizované vydání. Praha: Leges, 2015. Student. ISBN 978-80-7502-092-5.
PEKOVÁ, Jitka, Marek JETMAR a Petr TOTH. Veřejný sektor, teorie a praxe v ČR. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7598-209-4.
POMAHAČ, Richard. Veřejná správa. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7400-447-6.
SLÁDEČEK, Vladimír. Ústava České republiky: komentář. 2. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7400-590-9.