N_PMn_1 Public Management 1

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, MBA (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Karel Lacina, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Jitka Pěkná (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 8:45–9:29 M16, Thu 9:30–10:15 M16, Š. Hronová
N_PMn_1/cVPH: Tue 12:15–12:59 S11, Tue 13:00–13:45 S11, K. Lacina
N_PMn_1/uVPH: Tue 13. 11. 14:00–15:30 S14, Tue 20. 11. 14:00–15:30 S14, Tue 27. 11. 14:00–15:30 S14, K. Lacina
N_PMn_1/vVMO: Fri 5. 10. 12:00–13:30 M16, Fri 19. 10. 12:00–13:30 M16, Fri 23. 11. 12:00–13:30 M16, Š. Hronová
N_PMn_1/vVPH: Fri 5. 10. 15:30–17:00 S35, 17:15–18:45 S35, Fri 2. 11. 15:30–17:00 S35, J. Pěkná
Prerequisites
1. N_TVS Teorie veřejné správy 2. N_ESPr Evropské správní právo 3. Management ve veřejné správě
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
The first semester: 1.General Aspects of European Public Administration Execution a] Historical Development of Public Administration Execution Systems b] Development of European Integration Process in the 19th and 20th Centuries Seminar and discussion 2.Public Administration of Selected European Countries European Continental Model a] Public Administration of Federal Republic of Germany Seminar and discussion a] Public Administration of French Republic b] Public Administration of Italian Republic Seminar and discussion Anglo- Saxon Model a] Public Administration of United Kingdom 3. Lessons from Historical Development of the European Integration Process Contribution to the Contemporary Public Administration Execution 4.Principles of New Public Management The second semester: 1. Management in Contemporary European Public Administration 2. Development of Public Administration Management from New Public Management to Governance 3.Theory of Governance and its Practical Implementation 4.Principles of Leadership and their implementation in the public administration 5.Ways of European Employment Policy Management 6. Management of Education
Literature
    required literature
  • • Peters, B. G.: The Future of Governing: Four Emerging Models. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001.
  • • 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.
  • • Handbook of Public Administration (edited by B.Cuy Peters, Jon Pierre.: London: Sage Publications, 2007.
    recommended literature
  • • OECD: Modenising Government: The Way Forward. Paris: OECD, 2005.
  • • Bache, I., Flinders, M.: Multi – Level Government. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • • Peters, B. G., Pierre, J.: Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective: the Quest for Control. London: Routledge, 2004.
  • • Classics of Public Administration (edited by Jay M.Shafritz, Albert C.Hyde) – 6th edition.Boston MA: (Thomsom/Wadsworth),2007
  • • Skulová S.:Public Administration in the Czech Republic. Brno :Masarykova univerzita, 2006
    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 (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: Bb0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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