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Economics of Public Administration

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 115-0433/01
Abbreviation EVSP
Course title Economics of Public Administration
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iveta Vrabková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Public administration as a branch of national economy,
2. Reforms of public administration, types of reforms, modernization of public administration,
3. eGovernment, classification of services and e-Government projects, e-Governance,
4. Evaluation of public administration, indicators of evaluation of public administration,
5. Efficiency of public administration, types of effectiveness,
6. Economic aspects of public administration, material and technical support, costs of public administration,
7. Human resources management in public administration, human resource management, costs on human resources, system of public service.
8. Decentralisation of public administration, approaches to the evaluation and measurement of decentralization,
9. The role of public administration in the provision and financing of public services,
10. Control in public administration and control of public administration, financing and economy of control institutions in the Czech Republic.
11. European control system, control by EU institutions and their economics, Intosai and Eurosai.
12. Audit in public administration, types of audits, implementation of audit in public administration institutions.
13. Corruption in public administration, types of corruption, indicators of evaluation and measurement of corruption, ethics of public administration,

E-learning

The Presentation of lectures and videospots available at https://lms.vsb.cz/

Literature

DENHARDT, Robert B.; DENHARDT, Janet Vinzant; ARISTIGUETA, Maria Pilar a RAWLINGS, Kelly C. Managing human behavior in public and nonprofit organizations. Fifth edition. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE, [2021]. ISBN 978-1-5063-8266-1.
GARG, Bharati. Public finance and financial administration: a global perspective. 1. vyd. London : Routledge, 2025. 426 s. ISBN 978-1-03250-154-3 .
RABELO MENDIZABAL, Luis C.; DAVIS, Charles W.; ELATTAR, Ahmed a ALMAKI, Hamed M. A systematic guide to leadership selection using total quality management techniques. Online. CRC focus. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. ISBN 97-81-00332-1 17-0.

Advised literature

DE COOKER, Chris. Governance: International organisations adapting to changing environments. Independently published, 2022. 304 s. ISBN 979-8-8316-095-1.
GRILLI, a WEBB, Theresa G. Strategic sourcing in the public sector. Cornerstones of public procurement. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. ISBN 978-1-032-21179-4.
ROSENTHAL, Aaron J. The State You See: How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2023. ISBN 978-0-472-07599-7 .