153-0339/03 – Public Economics and Administration (VES)
Gurantor department | Department of Public Economics | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Tománek, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Tománek, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
You will know
Basic theoretical bases of public economy, its core and meaning
The position of public administration as a manager of public economy
You will be able to
Distinguish organizations in non-profitable sector and the structure of organizing the public administration
Define the tools of public administration (public commisions and investitions, public support, public informatics, public control)
You will get
Basic knowledge concerning the public economy and public administration
Knowledge concerning the contentual areas of public economy and administration
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
The subject deals with basic knowledge of public economics and public administration,necessary for graduates of the program Economic Policy and Administration. There are also presented topics of public economics and public administration, civil sector, public finance, public procurement, public
checks, documents and legislation in public administration.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Další požadavky na studenta
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Public economy and policy - definitions, elementary theoretical principles, contents and concepts, relations with public economics, content and signifikance.
2. The role of the state in the economy, market failure, government failure, state intervention, form, function and typology of the state.
3. Public choice theory - object of study, importance and applications for the public sector, direct and indirect democracy (voting rules), median voter theorem.
4. Public administration as manager of public economy - the concept, function, importance, state and local administration.
5. Public administration in the broader sense, the political system, separation of powers, central government authorities.
6. The legislative process in public administration, rule of law, legal and organizational regulations, meaning legislation.
7. Institutional concept of public administration - the power to remit institutions, the principles applied in the public administration, organizational principles.
8. Public government sector - the definition, development, size and needs of the public sector, factors affecting the public sector, efficiency in the public sector.
9. Civil sector - characteristics, organization of the civil sector, sources of financing of NGOs.
10. Public finances - public budgets, budget structure and budget process, public revenue and expenditure, international public finance, the EU budget.
11. Public investment and public support.
12. Public contracts and concessions - application public investment in public economy, public support, public projects, public contracts (meaning, assumptions and application, methods).
13. Public informatics - objectives and priorities of the state information policy, information systems of public administration, public information system, local information systems, free access to information, the specifics of information in public administration.
14. Public check - type of check, public check, internal check and its organization, financial check, the Supreme Audit Office, the central government check, and its institutions.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction