UCJAOPBP31 Theories of public administration

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UCJAOPBP31/A: Tue 10:35–12:10 M11, L. Kamrádová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(B)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the problems of public administration, administrative science and state science. The student will be acquainted with the basic theoretical approaches and concepts, the main development trends of the public administration system in a broader context. The aim of the course is to increase students' orientation in individual institutions of public administration, organizational principles and basic models of public administration at local, regional and state level, the creation of the European administrative area and public administration reforms in recent decades. In these contexts, the processes of decision-making, evaluation and control in state and local government, as well as administrative policy, personnel and ethical issues, will be examined, both within the European Union and in other countries (USA, Canada, Australia, etc.). The seminars focus on selected issues of thinking about the state, public authority and government, local governance, regionalism and administrative reform, bureaucracy and ethics in public administration in liberal democracies. The interdisciplinary nature of the subject and the need for a comparative approach and for tracing the social, legal and political contexts of the operation of public administration will be emphasized in the teaching. Students will be able to orientate themselves in contemporary administrative systems, institutions and processes, in basic documents and in the actual activities of public administration and self-government in international scale.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge: students demonstrate knowledge of basic source texts in the field of public administration theory, administrative science and state science. They will demonstrate knowledge of existing research, theoretical backgrounds and their application to public administration in a variety of countries, and will be able to distinguish basic models according to different typologies. Students will understand the theoretical approaches, issues and concepts in public administration, administrative science and state science. Students will understand the social, legal and political contexts in relation to public administration. Professional skills. They are able to explain the form and functioning of contemporary institutions of public administration in the light of historical development and the main trends in the development of the public administration system. They are able to apply theoretical knowledge, interpret key phenomena related to the basic models of public administration and put them into their interrelationships. Students are able to locate and sort relevant information and based on defined methodological, formal and content conditions.
Syllabus
  • 1. State, Public Administration and Administrative Science 2. Changes in administrative science from the Renaissance to the present 3. State organization, government and executive bodies of state administration 4. Social aspects of modern public administration 5. Institutions and organisational structures in public administration 6. Territorial organisation of the modern state and the European administrative area 7. Local and regional administration 8. The human factor in public administration 9. Professional ethics and anti-corruption measures 10. Public administration technology 11. Theory, management and evaluation of public administration reforms 12. The course of public administration reforms in liberal democracies 13. Summary
Literature
    required literature
  • HENDRYCH, D. Správní věda. Teorie veřejné správy. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7357-458-1. info
  • POMAHAČ, R. a VIDLÁKOVÁ, O. Veřejná správa. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2002. info
  • VLÁČIL, J. Veřejná správa: sociálně-psychologické problémy v historii a současnosti. Praha: Linde, 2002. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
A written examination in the form of a test, during which students demonstrate their knowledge of the issues discussed in the lectures and contained in the required literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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