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Evaluation of Public Service

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 153-0395/01
Abbreviation EVVSL
Course title Evaluation of Public Service
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Public Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iveta Vrabková, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Public services in the concept of public goods. Definition, provision and provision of public services. Public Service Areas. Theoretical bases of performance evaluation of public services.
2. Microeconomic approaches to public service evaluation. Economic value of public services and its components. Possibilities of Contingent Valuation Method.
3. Financial conception of performance evaluation of public services. Financial analysis indicators. Case study of financial analysis in hospital conditions.
4. Performance model in public services. 4E concept (economy, efficiency, efficiency, equality).
5. General methods of evaluation of public expenditure programs. Analytical methods of minimum costs, marginal costs, cost, benefit and cost effectiveness.
6. Economic conception of efficiency evaluation. Input and output models of allocation and technical efficiency. Theoretical basis of evaluation of technical efficiency.
7. Multicriterial methods of evaluation of static and dynamic technical efficiency of public services. Model Data Envelopment Analysis, Malmquist Index. Case study of evaluation of technical efficiency in the conditions of public libraries.
8. Comparative approaches to evaluation of public services based on multi-criteria decision making. Case study of evaluation of security tasks of regions using TOPSIS method.
9. Measuring and evaluating the quality of public services. Qualitative parameters of public services. Model of Service Quality GAPs. Customer Satisfaction Assessment Models.
10. Public service standards. Objectives and classification of public service standardization. Impact of standards on efficiency and quality of public services. Case study assessing the application of social services standards in the home of the elderly.
11. Meaning, assumptions, possibilities and application of benchmarking in public services. Case studies of benchmarking in public administration.
12. Principles and focus of complex quality management concept. Quality evaluation of public service providers under the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). CAF self-assessment case studies in the city council.
13. Meaning, assumptions, possibilities and application of process management in public services. ISO 9000 Series Standards.
14. Evaluation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Public Sector. Areas of social responsibility assessment. Possibilities and application of Corporate Social Responsibility method.

Povinná literatura

VAVREK, Roman. Multi-criteria evaluation of municipalilities. Warsawa: Jedność w róźnorodiści, 2017. ISBN 978-83-947394-6-1 .

Doporučená literatura

KALB, Alexander. Public sector efficiency: applications to local governments in Germany. Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2010. Gabler research. ISBN 978-3-8349-2334-9.
VRABKOVÁ, Iveta a Ivana VAŇKOVÁ. Evaluation Models of Efficiency and Quality of Bed Care in Hospitals. SAEI, Vol. 36. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-248-3755-0.