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Lecturer(s)
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Maštálka Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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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)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to explain how national security and defence policy works. Also, closer attention is paid both theory (the block I) and practice (the bloc II) of planning, programming, construction, and operating of security and military capabilities. An explication of theory is presented by case studies derived from the Czech live and institutions. Hence, the course provides essential knowledge needed when a person got a job of economist, manager, analyst, or clerk at bodies of public service in the Czech Republic.
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.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation, Work-related product analysis
In order to get a right to be examined, each student is obligated to take part in workshops. Each student has collect 5 points at least. The poinst are given for student´s activities, such as team work, public briefing, a discussion with the lector. Besides, students ought to elaborate a term paper. 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 discuss with the examinator.
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Recommended literature
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VIOLAKIS, P. Europeanisation and the Transformation of EU Security Policy: Post-Cold War Developments in the Common Security and Defence Policy. 2020. ISBN 978-0367590642.
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