|
Lecturer(s)
|
-
Maštálka Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
|
|
Course content
|
1. An Introduction to Security economics 2. Security as a public good 3. Project management and construction of security capabilities 4. Strategic planning 5. Resources: Labour (an introduction) 6. Resources: Labour (military coercion, volunteering, and gender) 7. Resources: Capital (modernization) 8. Resources: Capital (the 3E-concept and corruption) 9. Resources: Publice finance (budgeting and controlling)
|
|
Learning activities and teaching methods
|
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
- Independent critical reading
- 20 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 30 hours per semester
- Contact teaching
- 14 hours per semester
- Writing a seminar paper
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for a partial test
- 30 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 20 hours per semester
|
|
Learning outcomes
|
The aim of the course is to gain knowledge about the hard power, defence and security institutions, and security system in the Czech Republic. Besides, the course provides elemental knowledge in the theory of capabilities´ conscruction in the nexus with the Czech polity: So, a picture about options in national defence and security policy is presented.
Students who passed the course are able to: - explain how resources for security capabilities are to win; - explain the theory construction of security capabilities with an apparatus of economic theory; - classify resources utilized by the national security system in opinion of economic theory; - describe organization of an procurement procedure as a part of the budget and managerial cycle; - explain essential principles of security planning; - explain the term of scenario in a nexus with the construction of security capabilities; - explain a behaviour of the national security system in the link with the system theory; - describe a set of security capabilities in the Czech Republic from a point of view of instucionalism and strcuralism; - explain differences among kinds of organizational structures in use in the national security system; - describe a simple system of controlling (deterministic, stochastic, and strategic behaviour); - describe structure of personnal in the military; - classify strategic documents, such as concepts, directives, strategies, planes, programmens, etc. which are essential vehicles for defence and security management; - explain why is worth substituting of labour with capital in the security sector; - specify bills regulating the legitimatizion of security and defence policy. Students who passed the course can: - employ specified concepts, models, and theories familier from Mikroekonomics and Makroekonomics in the security sector; - substantiate specific procedures of getting access to resources in emergencies with regards to markets; - indentify processional structure in some security institutions; - apply the concept/model of capabiity on the any subject of public sector; - apply Valenta scale of inovation in order to identify complexity of reforms in the security sector; - put in use an approach of increasing of productivity in defence and security environment; - analyze an impact of population ageing on the security capabilities; - know essential Czech law and another regulation determining the construction of security capabilities. Students who passed the course are capable: - to discuss with experts as well as with laymen issues of security economics in the Czech Republic from the point of view of economic theories; - summarize oppinions on the solutions of construction of security capabilities; - share their opinion on specific ussues of the security sector with experts and laymen.
|
|
Prerequisites
|
unspecified
|
|
Assessment methods and criteria
|
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation, Work-related product analysis, Presentation
In order to get a right to be examined, each student is obligated to take part in a Moodle course. There are three tasks. Each student can get up to 100 points; a floor is 60 points. There is a need to score in all three task over the particular floors. The final examination is oral. A student ought to pick a qustion (topic). He/she has a short time for taking notes about the topic in order to be able to discusse with the examinator.
|
|
Recommended literature
|
-
BALABÁN, M. (ed.), PERNICA, B. (ed.) et al. Bezpečnostní systém České republiky: problémy a výzvy.. Praha, 2015.
-
NĚMEC, V. Projektový management.. Praha, 2003.
-
PERNICA, B. Profesionalizace ozbrojených sil: Trendy, teorie a zkušenosti. Praha, 2007.
-
TŮMA, M., JANOŠEC, J. a PROCHÁZKA, J. Obranná politiky Československé a České republiky (1989-2009). Praha, 2009.
|