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Economics of Public Administration

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Course Unit Code153-0393/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HAL27doc. Ing. Martina Halásková, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
You will be able to:
- Outline public administration as a branch of national economy, decentralization of public administration, corruption and types of corrupt behaviour, economic value of public services.
- Describe public administration reforms, the role of public administration in the provision of public services, approaches to the evaluation of public administration, public control, audit and the audit institutions' economy.
- Classify e-government services, ESA and COFOG methodology, comparative models of public administration.
- To summarize the economic and personal aspects of public administration, the efficiency of public administration, the European perspective on public administration and the European system of control.

Course Contents
1. Public administration as a branch of national economy, relationship between public administration and the public sector, systemic conception of public administration, public service.
2. Reforms of public administration, types of reforms, modernization of public administration, new concepts of management of public administration and public services (e.g New Public Management, New Public Service), tools of public administration management.
3. eGovernment, classification of services and e-Government projects, e-Governance, e-Governance models, e-participation index, e-government development index.
4. Evaluation of public administration, indicators of evaluation of public administration, good governance and approaches to evaluation, aggregate index of quality of administration, aggregated indices.
5. Efficiency of public administration, types of effectiveness, efficiency as the target of reforms, measurement of effectiveness, methods of efficiency evaluation, international comparison of governance effectiveness.
6. Economic aspects of public administration, material and technical support, costs of public administration, EU resources, expenditures of the public administration sector according to the ESA methodology, COFOG expenses.
7. Human resources management in public administration, human resource management, costs on human resources, system of public service.
8. Decentralisation of public administration, types of decentralisation, approaches to the evaluation and measurement of decentralization, role of fiscal decentralisation, decentralisation of public services.
9. The role of public administration in the provision and financing of public services, models of public service delivery, economic value and public service evaluation methods.
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, control of Intosai and Eurosai controls.
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, relation of corruption to expenditures of state administration and self-government and economic growth, ethics of public administration, anti-corruption tools.
14. European view of public administration, current issues and trends, comparative models of public administration, economy of public administration.

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BLAŽEK, J., A. KERLINOVÁ a E. TOMÁŠKOVÁ. Ekonomika veřejné správy. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8040-9.
BOUCKAERT, G., JANN, W. (Eds.) (2020). European Perspectives for Public Administration: The Way Forward. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 480p.
PAVLÍK, M., ŠIMKA, K., POSTRÁNECKÝ, J., POMAHAČ, R. a kol. (2020). Moderní veřejná správa. Zvyšování kvality veřejné správy, dobrá praxe a trendy. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 164s. ISBN 978-80-7598-048-9.
BLAŽEK, J., A. KERLINOVÁ a E. TOMÁŠKOVÁ. Ekonomika veřejné správy. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8040-9.
BOUCKAERT, G., JANN, W. (Eds.) (2020). European Perspectives for Public Administration: The Way Forward. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 480p.
PAVLÍK, M., ŠIMKA, K., POSTRÁNECKÝ, J., POMAHAČ, R. a kol. (2020). Moderní veřejná správa. Zvyšování kvality veřejné správy, dobrá praxe a trendy. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 164s. ISBN 978-80-7598-048-9.
Recommended Reading:
BARTLETT, W., KMEZIČ, S., DULIČ, K. (2018). Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Government and Policy Reversals in Southeastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, 327p.
BENČO, Jozef, Helena KUVÍKOVÁ a kol. Ekonomika verejných služieb. Bánska Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela, Ekonomická fakulta, 2011. 334 s. ISBN 978-80-557-0323-7.
KUHLMANN, Sabine and Hellmut WOLLMANN (2019). Introduction to Comparative Public Administration: Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. 2nd Edition. Cheltenham/ Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 431 p.
PROVAZNÍKOVÁ, Romana. Financování měst, obcí a regionů. Teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015. 288 s. ISBN 978-80-247-5608-0.
STAROŇOVÁ, K., L. STAŇOVÁ, E. SIČÁKOVÁ BEBLAVÁ. Systémy státní služby. Koncepty a trendy. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2014. 268 s. ISBN 978-80-223-3783-0.
STEJSKAL, Jan a kol. Teorie a praxe veřejných služeb. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2017. 280 s. ISBN 978-80-7552-726-4.
STEJSKAL, J., MIKUŠOVÁ MERIČKOVÁ, B., OCHRANA, F. a kol. (2020). Rozhodování o věcech veřejných. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 234 s. ISBN 978-80-7598-829-4.
ŽÁRSKA, Elena a kol. Verejná správa.Bratislava: Ekonom, 2016. 356 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4228-9.
BARTLETT, W., KMEZIČ, S., DULIČ, K. (2018). Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Government and Policy Reversals in Southeastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, 327p.
BENČO, Jozef, Helena KUVÍKOVÁ a kol. Ekonomika verejných služieb. Bánska Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela, Ekonomická fakulta, 2011. 334 s. ISBN 978-80-557-0323-7.
KUHLMANN, Sabine and Hellmut WOLLMANN (2019). Introduction to Comparative Public Administration: Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. 2nd Edition. Cheltenham/ Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 431 p.
PROVAZNÍKOVÁ, Romana. Financování měst, obcí a regionů. Teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015. 288 s. ISBN 978-80-247-5608-0.
STAROŇOVÁ, K., L. STAŇOVÁ, E. SIČÁKOVÁ BEBLAVÁ. Systémy státní služby. Koncepty a trendy. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2014. 268 s. ISBN 978-80-223-3783-0.
STEJSKAL, Jan a kol. Teorie a praxe veřejných služeb. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2017. 280 s. ISBN 978-80-7552-726-4.
STEJSKAL, J., MIKUŠOVÁ MERIČKOVÁ, B., OCHRANA, F. a kol. (2020). Rozhodování o věcech veřejných. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 234 s. ISBN 978-80-7598-829-4.
ŽÁRSKA, Elena a kol. Verejná správa.Bratislava: Ekonom, 2016. 356 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4228-9.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit40 25
        ExaminationExamination60 26