Course: Labour Market and Employment Policy

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Course title Labour Market and Employment Policy
Course code USSV/KTPZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Brychtová Šárka, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Labour market and its specifics. Analysis and evaluation of the labour market by help of statistic data and sociological investigation, rate of inflation and rate of unemployment. Types of unemployment, structure of unemployment. Employment and social system, minimum wages. Passive and active employment policy and its instruments, financing. Theoretical models of employment policy organization, state, tripartite, dual, insurance. The EU and employment. Structural funds of EU. Function of employment office. Operational employment plans, employment services. Role of lifelong learning.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Methods of individual activities, Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with functions of the labour market in the free market economy, processes running in the labour market and range of its influences, role of the regions, states and the EU, status of employers and employees in connection to the education system and structure of the employment services.
Student gets view over czech labour market; gets his own experience with searching, preparation and passing the job interview.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

The assignment is granted upon attendance at lecture, submission and adjustment of the seminar paper and passing the final written test.
Recommended literature
  • BUCHTOVÁ, B. a kol. Nezaměstnanost. Psychologický, ekonomický a sociální problém. Praha, 2002.
  • HALÁSKOVÁ, R. Politika zaměstnanosti. 2008..
  • MPSV ČR. www.mpsv.cz: Zaměstnanost a ÚP.
  • Strukturální fondy EU. www.strukturalni-fondy.cz.
  • TOMEŠ, I. a kol. Sociální správa. Praha, 2009.
  • TOMEŠ, I. Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. 2010..


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics of Public Sector (2013) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Informatics in Public Administration (2013) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
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