FVP:UVSRPVN124 Managerial Approaches in Publi - Course Information

UVSRPVN124 Managerial Approaches in Public Administration

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Ing. Aleš Mateiciuc, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Ing. Aleš Mateiciuc, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – 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

• Public Administration and Social Policy (programme FVP, N6731-SPSP)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to apprise students with the managerial aspects and structure of public administration as an important area of social life. There is a fundamental motion from the traditional bureaucratic approach to public administration to managerial approach of public administration. We will characterize the management approach in public administration as a key factor of its quality and effectiveness, and present a perspective, contemporary advanced management concepts that can be used in public administration. Students will systematize a range of management methods, procedures and tools that are necessary for managerial practices of organizations and institutions, public administration and social policy.

Syllabus

• 1st Managerial aspects of public administration. Task and operating environment of contemporary organizations and public institutions
  2nd Structuring of management, aims of management, goals and objectives. Managerial functions, roles and activities
  3rd Organizational, institutional and managerial effectiveness
  4th New trends in the management of public administration
  5th Normative and strategic public management. Implementation of strategies, plans, programs, projects and practices
  6th Operating and general management of public organizations and institutions
  7th Managerial decision making and problem solving
  8th Management methods, techniques and skills,
  9th Management and leadership. Personnel management and human resources management in public administration
  10th Other specific areas and activities of management in public administration
  11th Self-management of executives managers and the development of managerial competencies
  12th Formation of a new culture of organizations and public institutions
  

Literature

required literature
• NAKONEČNÝ, M. Sociální psychologie organizace. Praha: Management Press, 2007. info
• MATEICIUC, A. Managerial Approach in Local Public Administration. Opava: Silesian University, 2005. info
• WRIGHT, G., NEMEC J. Management veřejné správy. Teorie a praxe. Praha: Ekopress, 2003. info
• ŠULEŘ, O. Manažerské techniky II. Olomouc: Rubico, 1997. ISBN 80-85839-19-9. info
• BĚLOHLÁVEK, F. Organizační chování. 1.vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 343 s., 1996. ISBN 80-85839-09-1. info
• ŠULEŘ, O. Manažerské techniky. Olomouc: Rubiko, 1995. ISBN 80-85839-06-7. info
• De PREE, M. Umění vést. Praha: Management Press, 1995. info
• ADAIR, J. Jak efektivně vést druhé. Management Press, 1993. info
• PETERS, TJ., WATERMAN RH. jr. Hledání dokonalosti. Praha: Svoboda - Libertas, 1992. info

recommended literature
• MATEICIUC, A. dovednosti a řízení lidských zdrojů. Studijní opora. ÚVSRP FVP SU Opava, 2010. info
• RABIN, J., BARTLEY HILDRETH, W., MILLER, GJ. Handbook of Public Administration. 2nd Ed. New York, Basel: Marcel Dekker, 1998. 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

For obtaining a credit it is necessary to prepare and present a short essay about an application of particular management process in the selected organization of public administration.

• Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2014, recent)
  
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