Course: Public Administration

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Course title Public Administration
Course code USSV/FVES
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Maštálka Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Fuka Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Bohadlo David, Mgr. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Characteristics of public administration, its classification and definition of basic concepts and principles. Administrative science, its definition and relationship to other disciplines.Development of public administration in the Czech Republic and identification of the basic historical context. The current system of public administration, structure, activities, tasks, values and sources of law.Bodies of municipalities, regions, their activities and organisation. Organisation of power in the state and its application by public administration bodies. Reforms of public administration in the Czech Republic. The role and position of public administration employees. Public administration and the provision of security. Control, evaluation of public administration and public participation in its functioning. Approaches, possibilities and methods of improving/improving public administration.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Contact teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 40 hours per semester
  • Team project - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes


Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Student performance assessment

Recommended literature
  • Denhart, R.B., Denhart, J.V., Blanc, T.A. Public Administration An Action Orientation , Seventh Edition, International Edition. ISBN 978-1285434018.
  • Hendrych, Dušan. Správní věda : teorie veřejné správy. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7478-561-0.
  • Holzer, M., Schwester, W. R. Public Administration. 2020.
  • Jan Fuka. Veřejná správa. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2020.
  • Klíma, Karel. Teorie veřejné moci (vládnutí). Praha: ASPI, 2006. ISBN 80-7357-179-X.
  • Krbová, J. Strategické plánování ve veřejné správě. Praha. 2017.
  • Lochmannová, Alena. Veřejná správa . Prostějov: Computer Media, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7402-417-7.
  • Pomahač a kol. Veřejná správa. Praha, 2013. ISBN ISBN 978-80-400-4.
  • Schelle, K. Vývoj české veřejné správy. Ostrava, 2008.


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