Course: An Internship in a Sphere of Public Administration

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Course title An Internship in a Sphere of Public Administration
Course code KPF/0817
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Maškarinec Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Role and intellectual outcome of public administration organizations. - in the field of public administration - a citizen and public administration - public administration and politics - civil service - self-government - regional bodies - delegated powers - problems - administrative territorial structure 2. Law, legal regulations and norms 3. Responsibility and ethical code in public administration - the basic orientation in the system of the public administration and the position of civil servants of territorial self-government - ethical code in public administration 4. Inspection in public administration - department of supervision and inspection of public administration of MV - function of an inspection in public administration 5. Management of public administration organizations, learning - management in public administration - efficient public administration and friendly public administration - learning in public administration and accreditation of educational institutions 6. Strategic planning, and public economy and finance 7. IT and information system in public administration - electronic portal of territorial self-governments - eGovernment - eGON - ePUSA - Czech POINT - the activity of Czech POINT - administration of basic registry - information technology - web - information and communication technology in public administration 8 Public organisations in the context of international law and EU - international organization and public administration 9 Key topics of the activity of public administration organizations

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
According to project Communitas pro praxis - Partnership for Training (Education for Competitiveness OP, duration of the project from 1 August 2011 till 31 July 2014) within the activity of KA 2 "Cooperation of Philosophical Faculty UJEP with self-administration" (Regional Authority of the Usti Region) is set that in 2nd and 3rd year of execution of a project will ten students be doing an internship at the Regional Authority of the Usti Region as the case may be at an institution provided by the Ragional Authority. E-learning programme "Public Administration: The Role of Civil Service Organizations in Society" will be prepared for students. The main aim of the learning programme is to show students the functioning of present model of public administration, primarily local self-government. The emphasis will be put on introducing of individual bodies of public administration, their structure and authority. Students will be supported with e-learning study support while doing the educational programme, and they will have the opportunity to get to know functional performance of local self-government as a part of the internship at Regional Authority of the Usti Region.
Student will gain basic theoretical knowledge about public administration and practical knowledge about functioning of local self-government in different spheres of administrative activities.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in the field of constitutional law, structure and similarity of public administration and public institutions. According to the fact that the class is directly connected with the realization of the project Communitas pro praxis, the class is restricted to academic years 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. According to the project, only ten students may participate in the class each term.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Student should get pieces of knowledge about the function of local government, performance and authority of their bodies, and adopt knowledge about structure of system of public administration. After finishing the internship, student will write paper about his/her experience in extent of 10 pages. He/She will gain credits after handing in the written paper.
Recommended literature
  • Balík, S. Komunální politika. Obce, aktéři a cíle místní politiky. Praha, 2009.
  • Brůna, M. Veřejná správa (se zaměřením na obce a kraje). Praha, 2006.
  • Horzinková, E. - Novotný, V. Základy organizace veřejné správy v ČR. Plzeň, 2008.
  • Novotný, V. Územní samospráva a její organizace. Praha, 2005.
  • Valeš, L. a kol. Politologické aspekty veřejné správy. Plzeň, 2006.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -