USESEN034 Project Management in Non-Profit Sector of Central Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Ing. Ivo Veselý
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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 development of non-profit organizations is one of the indicators of the state of civil society. The aim of the course is to provide the students with compact information regarding rules of management of non-profit organizations within the Czech republic as well as in international comparison and enable them to orientate rationally when solving real problems. The lectures are focused especially on: - current state and trends of development of non-profit organizations in the Czech republic and comparison of this state with selected countries of EU - presentation of priorities of individual social policies which can be the impulse for activity of non-profit organizations and main realization programme documents - peculiarities of management of non-profit organizations - presentation of actual information sources Seminar component accents especially a role of development projects as important possibility of realization of targets of non-profit organizations. It will enable the students to participate in solving partial project documents or analyse selected problem by the means of seminar paper. In the frame of lectures and seminars, the selected case studies or real projects are presented.
Syllabus
  • 1. Position of non-profit organizations in EU countries, competences of supranational or national institutions
    2. Development of non-profit sector in the Czech republic, characteristics of current state
    3. Current trends in development of non-profit organizations in the Czech republic
    4. Comparison of tendencies of development of non-profit organizations in new member countries of EU
    5. Priorities of public policies as opportunity for non-profit sector
    6. Programme documents
    7. Peculiarities of non-profit organizations management
    8. Information sources for management of non-profit organizations
    9. Position of development projects in work of non-profit organizations
    10. Determination of individual priorities, variant solving of sources
    11. Rules of process of project solving, documents
    12. Possibilities of regional, or Euroregional cooperation
Literature
    required literature
  • RAKUŠANOVÁ, P., STAŠKOVÁ, B. Organizovaná občanská společnost v České republice. Praha: Professional publishing, 2007. info
  • CHVALOVSKÝ, V. Řízení projektů aneb překážkový běh na dlouhou trať. Praha: Aspi, 2005. ISBN 80-7357-085-8. info
    recommended literature
  • VESELÝ, I. Dotační možnosti nepodnikatelských subjektů. Vrbno pod Pradědem: Město Vrbno pod Pradědem, 2007. info
  • VILAMOVÁ, Š. Čerpáme finanční zdroje EU. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1194- X. info
  • Kolektiv autorů. Úvod do regionálních věd a veřejné správy. Plzeň:Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk,, 2004. info
  • DRUCKER, PF. Řízení neziskových organizací:praxe a principy. Praha: Management press, 1994. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Seminar paper (case study)
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2015.
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