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Public Administration A

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Course Unit Code153-0353/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter 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
VRA12doc. Ing. Iveta Vrabková, Ph.D.
Summary
Scope of Public Administration and is designed for students of Public Economics and Administration, and other fields of economic specialization. Teaching is divided into three sections. The first chapters are dedicated to the subject of public administration and its study from the perspective of multiple disciplines - economics, law, geography, sociology, and the state and state power. The second chapter deals with the organization, responsibilities and tasks of state and local governments. The third and last chapters are dedicated to control in public administration, personnel in public administration and eGovernment.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Graduates will gain knowledge of:
- bases and forms of public administration;
- organizational and personal dimensions of public administration;
- territorial scope of public administration;
- importance and functions of state administration and local self-government;
- selected subsystem of public administration - personnel security, control and eGovernment.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to Public Administration - basic terms and relationships.
2. The State and Public Administration – the Constitution, forms of State and Government.
3. The Legislative Power, the Executive Power, the Judical Power, legislative process.
4. Territorial Arrangement of the Czech Republic. – Territorial Powers of Public Administration.
5. The Organizational structure and Principles of Public Administration.
6. The Public Administration Systém Public Administration – State Administration and Self-Governing.
7. The State Administration – competence, organization and goals.
8. Territorial Self-Governing - competence, organization and goals.
9. The People and their Status in Public Administration.
10. The Control Systém and Mechanism in Public Administration – profesional and lay control.
11. Objectives and Tasks of Information in Public Administration.
12. eGovernment - development, tools, forms and objectives of eGovernance.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BEVIR, M.Encyclopedia of Governance. London: SAGE Publications,2006.
VRABKOVÁ, I. Veřejná správa A. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava. 2013.
HENDRYCH, D. Správní právo. Obecná část. 7. vyd. Praha: C.H.BECK 2009.
Recommended Reading:
OSBORNE,S. P.The New Public Governance? London: Routledge, 2010.
HORZINKOVÁ, E., NOVOTNÝ, V. Základy organizace veřejné správy v ČR. Praha: Aleš Čeněk, 2008.
NEMEC, J., OCHRANA, F., PAVEL, J., ŠAGAT, T. Kontrola ve veřejné správě.¨Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2010.
PEKOVÁ, J, PILNÝ, J., JETMAR, M. Veřejná správa a finance veřejného sektoru. 3. aktual. a rozšíř. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2008.
PRŮCHA, P. Správní právo. Obecná část. 7. dopl. a aktual. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007.
VRABKOVÁ, I. Perspektivy řízení kvality ve veřejné správě. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava. 2013.
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 20
        ExaminationExamination60 31