B_SVS State and public administration

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Petra Pártlová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Kristína Vyšínová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Petra Pártlová, Ph.D.
Department of Marketing and Tourism – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Marketing and Tourism – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_SVS/K02: Sun 12. 10. 11:25–12:55 E4, Sat 8. 11. 8:00–12:30 D216, Sat 6. 12. 8:00–11:00 D215, P. Pártlová, K. Vyšínová
B_SVS/P01: Mon 11:25–12:55 D415, P. Pártlová
B_SVS/S01: Mon 13:05–13:50 D415, K. Vyšínová
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 supported by learning outcomes
The main objective is to inform students about the development of the state administration and self-governance under prevailing conditions of economic and political transformation of the Czech society. A special attention is drawn mainly to relations between state administration, citizens and institutions of administrative proceedings. The student understands terms such as ‘state’, ‘legal state’, ‘public administration’, ‘state administration’ and ‘self-governance’. A meticulous attention is paid to territorial, regional and municipal administration; furthermore, administration of affairs in possession of the public, administration of public affairs and administration of public finance including issues of public administration reform.
Learning outcomes
Upon a successful completion of the course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- understands the basic conceptual apparatus of state and public administration,
- is familiar with the structure of public administration in the Czech Republic and understands the financing of state and public administration, including financial resources from the EU,
- knows the relations between individual levels of state administration in the Czech Republic,
- knows the activities of local government in the Czech Republic and the EU,
- knows the basic documents of key ministries.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 1. State and administration throughout the history; their competences in past and present.
  • 2. General terms; theories and approaches of public policy.
  • 3. Principles, importance and nature of performing state administration; Modernization of central state administration; E-government.
  • 4. Reforming territorial public administration and its live issues.
  • 5. Institutional requirements for the regional development of CZ; Organizing public administration, relations of central, regional and local administration.
  • 6. Territorial self-government and its role in the public administration; Applying principles of New Public Management.
  • 7. Municipality as a basic unit of territorial self-government, municipality status, competences and authorities.
  • 8. Territorial administration division of CZ; regions as units of territorial self-government; competence, position, authorities and organizational structure of the region.
  • 9. Public finance, public inspection, public services.
  • 10. European contemporary public administration and European administration area; comparison of the public administration in Europe (standard systems) with the public administration in CZ.
  • 11. Main offices of the European Union and their role in implementing so called European policies; International and multinational cooperation of CZ in regard to public administration.
  • 12. Public administration and civil society; ethics in the area of public administration.
  • 13. Multi-level governance (MG); content and forms; conditions of MG in CZ.
  • Tutorial
  • 1. Information on the mid-term evaluation (2 parts) and the course of the seminars
  • 2. Digitisation of public administration (ID card, Czech POINT, data boxes, basic registers, etc.)
  • 3. Preparation of the 1st part of the interim evaluation (project submitted to the City of České Budějovice)
  • 4. Preparation of the 1st part of the interim evaluation (project submitted to the City of České Budějovice)
  • 5.Presentation of the 1st part of the interim evaluation (project submitted to the City of České Budějovice)
  • 6. Real Estate Cadastre
  • 7. Preparation of the 2nd part of the interim evaluation - project on the topic "Creation of a voluntary association of municipalities"
  • 8. Preparation of the 2nd part of the interim evaluation - project on the topic "Creation of a voluntary association of municipalities"
  • 9. Preparation of the 2nd part of the interim evaluation - project on the topic "Creation of a voluntary association of municipalities"
  • 10. Strategy documents of the municipalities and their budgets
  • 11. Supervisory bodies operating in the Czech Republic and their control activities
  • 12. Presentation of the 2nd part of the interim evaluation - project on "Creation of a voluntary association of municipalities"
  • 13. Presentation of the 2nd part of the interim evaluation - project on "Creation of a voluntary association of municipalities"
Literature
    required literature
  • DAWSON, M., ENDERLEIN, H. A JOERGES, C., 2016. Beyond the Crisis: The Governance of Europe's Economic, Political and Legal Transformation. 1. vyd. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198752865
  • PAVLÍK, M. et al., 2019. Regiony budoucnosti - spolupráce, bezpečí, efektivita: Inspirace pro rozvoj měst a regionů s příklady dobré praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-271-1310-1.
  • GorcheLS, Linda, 2021. Product Strategy & Roadmaps: 2021 (ShortRead Series). 1. vyd. [Místo vydání není uvedeno]: Independently published. ISBN 979-8531819338
  • BOHATÁ, M. et al., 2022. Etika a integrita veřejné správy. Praha: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-271-3311-6
  • BRŮHOVÁ-FOLTÝNOVÁ, H. et al., 2022. Hodnocení plánů a projektů mobility. Praha: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-271-3244-7
  • DOLEŽAL, J. et al., 2016. Projektový management: Komplexně, prakticky a podle světových standardů. Praha: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-247-5620-2
  • VEBER, J. a ŠVECOVÁ, L., 2023. Udržitelnost a udržitelný management. Praha: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-271-0897-8
  • COSTELLO, RORY A ROBINSON, NEIL, 2023. Comparative European Politics: Distinctive Democracies, Common Challenges. 2. vyd. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192866443
  • STEHLÍK, V., HAMUĹÁK, O. a MICHAL, P., 2018. Právo Evropské unie. Ústavní základy a vnitřní trh. Praha: Nakladatelství Leges. ISBN 978-80-7502-277-6
  • PROVAZNÍKOVÁ, R., 2015. Financování měst, obcí a regionů - teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 3. aktualizované a rozšířené vydání. ISBN 978-80-247-5608-0
    recommended literature
  • Zákon č. 129/2000 Sb., o krajích (krajské zřízení)
  • Ústavní zákon č. 1/1993 Sb., Ústava České republiky
  • Zákon č. 255/2012 Sb., o kontrole (kontrolní řád)
  • Zákon č. 128/2000 Sb., o obcích (obecní zřízení)
    not specified
  • Zákon č. 122/1997 Sb., o zřízení ministerstev a jiných ústředních orgánů státní správy České republiky (kompetenční zákon
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Brainstorming
metoda konfrontace (in Czech)
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
prezentation25
Preparation for Lectures13 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial1222
Preparation for the Final Test1537
Preparing a project2126
Final test22
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion1312
Total:104104
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – mid-term 30 %
Presentation 10 %
Project – semestral 60 %
Exam conditions
ongoing test – 30 points
**Final Assessment** project – 60 points
project presentation – 10 points
To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to achieve at least 70% in total from both ongoing and final assessments under the conditions specified below. In the ongoing assessment, a maximum of 30 points can be obtained, i.e., 30%. In the final assessment, a maximum of 70 points can be obtained, i.e., 70%.
The overall course grade, i.e., points from the final assessment (70 – 0) + points from the ongoing assessment (30 – 0): A 100 – 90, B 89.99 – 84, C 83.99 – 77, D 76.99 – 73, E 72.99 – 70, FX 69.99 – 30, F 29.99 – 0.

A full-time student is required to attend at least 70% of contact teaching, i.e., everything except lectures. If this attendance requirement is not met, the student will automatically be graded “-”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
The student is obliged to consult his/her thesis with his/her lecturer during the semester (student of combined form) and with his/her seminar lecturer (student of full-time form) and to continuously demonstrate the processing of individual passages of the thesis during the semester. Attendance in all forms of study is regulated by a separate internal standard of the VŠTE (Record of Student Attendance at the VŠTE). For full-time students, 70% attendance is compulsory in seminars and tutorials. The evaluation of students with an Individual Study Plan (ISP) will consist of an interim evaluation (preparation and submission of an essay - max. 30 points) and a final evaluation (final test - max. 70 points). Students with an ISP are required to contact the instructor to whom they are assigned to Seminar Group "S" immediately after their Individual Study Plan has been approved. If the student fails to do so within two weeks of approval, his/her ISP will not be taken into account.
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