153-0322/04 – Public Sector Decision-Making (RVS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Public Economics | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Dušan Halásek, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Dušan Halásek, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2016/2017 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge – you will know:
- to judge the function and the sense of the public policy in the society,
- to make clear the structure of the public policy idea and approaches to particular public policies definitions.
Skills – you will be able:
- to characterize the public policy meaning for social practices,
- to define sections of the public interest as the public policy objectives,
- to divide and exercise criteria, procedures and methods of public policies.
Habits – you will gain:
- quality base about public policy participants or particular public policies,
- awareness of citizens role during the participation on public interests enforcement into public policies.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Summary
The aim of the course is to create experiences and knowledge of the subject
Economics of Public Sector. It specify main segments of public sector with the
special attention on the decision of the allocation of public expenditures.
It also describes some economic aspects of transformation of the public sector in
Czech Republic. The financing is not only the thing which is very important,
but also effective and rational decision within public sector.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
During the semester, students actively perform predeterminated topics.
E-learning
Other requirements
další požadavky nejsou stanoveny.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The essence of decision making and management in the public sector.
2. The concept of the public sector, causes of its existence, public policy, standardization of public services.
3. Application of the theory of public expenditures as an instrument for decision making, the input-output methods.
4. The size of the public sector, public-private partnership (PPP).
5. Application of the needs theory to decision making in the public sector.
6. Application of the public choice theory, the role of government in the public sector.
7. Application of the decision theory in the public sector (equality, equity, efficiency).
8. Application of the decision theory in the public sector (the social optimum, the social benefits).
9. Decision making under risk and uncertainty (stochastic method).
10. Macroeconomic aspects of public sector, flows of revenues, expenditures and products.
11. Application of the theory of externalities in the public sector.
12. Application of the theory of subsidies.
13. Current issues of contemporary public sector in the Czech Republic.
Seminars and practice topics
- Analysis of the results monitoring of activities in the public sector, based on three indicators. Examples of the bulletin of Supreme Audit Office.
- Methods useful for promoting new policies (Ochrana, 2002, ch. 6) and the group generating new ideas.
- Public-private partnership (PPP), examples of specific applications.
- Decision-making procedures in the application of input-output methods in the public sector.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction