N_PMn_1 Public Management 1

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Karel Lacina, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Lacina, DrSc.
Faculty of Law and Administration – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Barbora Ptáčková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
N_PMn_1/cVMO: Thu 15:45–16:29 M16, Thu 16:30–17:15 M16, Š. Hronová
N_PMn_1/cVPH: Wed 10:30–11:14 S14, Wed 11:15–12:00 S14, K. Lacina
N_PMn_1/vVPH: Fri 13. 2. 13:45–15:15 S13, Fri 27. 2. 13:45–15:15 S13, 15:30–17:00 S13, K. Lacina
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Students will be acquinted during the first semester predominantly with the contemporary ways of European public administration execution and with the principles of management implementation in the administration activities. A special attention is oriented to the explanation of the New Public Management principles. The study in the second semestr is concentrated to the explanation of management approaches in the contemporary public administration with the emphasis to the clarification of governance and leadership principles as well as ways of European employment and educational policy implementation. At the end of the course students should be able to: - understand and explain main principles of Public Management and Governance conceptions implementation within the European public administration systems; - understand selected management approaches in the local management and the state administration; - compare new steps in management in European public sector implementation. Objectives of the subject also apply to the combined studies.
Syllabus
1. Main Princeples of European Public Administration Execution Systems 2. Historical Development of European Integration Process and its Influence of New Public Management Implementation 3. Regional Policy in European Countries and its Management 4. Seminar 5. Public Administration and its Management in Federal Republic of Germany 6. Public Administration and its Management in French Republic 7. PUblic Administration and its Management in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8. Seminar 9. Public Management in Italian Republic 10. Public Management in Scandinavian countries 11. Principles of European Employment Policy 12. Management of Education in Public Administration
Literature
    required literature
  • • Christensen, P. M., Laegreid, P.: New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practices. Adershot: Ashgate, 2001.
  • • Kolektiv: The Oxford Handbook Of Public Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • • Peters, B. G.: The Future of Governing: Four Emerging Models. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001.
  • • Handbook of Public Administration (edited by B.Cuy Peters, Jon Pierre.: London: Sage Publications, 2007.
    recommended literature
  • • Peters, B. G., Pierre, J.: Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective: the Quest for Control. London: Routledge, 2004.
  • • Bache, I., Flinders, M.: Multi – Level Government. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • • OECD: Modenising Government: The Way Forward. Paris: OECD, 2005.
  • • Skulová S.:Public Administration in the Czech Republic. Brno :Masarykova univerzita, 2006
  • • Classics of Public Administration (edited by Jay M.Shafritz, Albert C.Hyde) – 6th edition.Boston MA: (Thomsom/Wadsworth),2007
    not specified
  • • www.vsfs.cz/knihovna
Teaching methods
Teaching takes the form of lectures and seminars in the form of full-time study and conducted group consultations in the combined form of study. The scope of compulsory participation in education: minimum obligatory participation in the exercise in full-time study is 75%, in conducted group consultations in the combined form of study is 50%. Students who fail the obligatory scope of participation can enter during the second semester the additional consultations.
Assessment methods
The course is successfully completed with credit. Credit will be granted on the 6-10 pages thesis. Its theme will be chosen from the set of problems explained in the subject and it must be approved by the teacher. The list of topics will be offered by the teacher during the first lecture.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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