Public Administration

1. Define basic issues in public administration
2. Describe characteristics of public governance and analyse the elements of organisation
3. Identify and explain developments in contemporary public administration
4. Describe and explain politics and administration relations and analyse control mechanisms
5. Describe and compare the public servants' statuses and analyse the issue of professionalism
6. Describe and analyse the system of state administration
7. Describe and analyse the system of local self-government
8. Describe and analyse the public services
9. Describe types and goals of administrative reform, modernization and europeanisation trends in public administration
10. Describe and analyse organisational aspects of military, police and security services

Lectures are held through 15 weeks, 2 hours per week

Seminars are held through 15 weeks, 2 hours per week

Presentations and tasks accessible online

Presentation on selected topic, optional

1. Lectures: Introduction to public administration Seminar: Introduction to public administration
2. Lectures: Public governance and organization I Seminar: Public governance and organization I
3. Lectures: Public governance and organisation II Seminar: Public governance and organization II
4. Lectures: The context of public administration - globalisation and society Seminar: The context of public administration - globalisation and society
5. Lectures: Politics and public administration - (de)politicisation and political control Seminar: Politics and public administration - (de)politicisation and political control
6. Lectures: Public servants and professionalism Seminar: Public servants and professionalism
7. Lectures: State administration Seminar: State administration
8. Lectures: Administrative reform and modernization Seminar: Administrative reform and modernization
9. Lectures: Local self-government Seminar: Local self-government
10. Lectures: Public services Seminar: Public services
11. Lectures: Europeanisation of public administration Seminar: Europeanisation of public administration
12. Lectures: The Structure and functions of public administration in Croatia Seminar: The Structure and functions of public administration in Croatia
13. Lectures: Military, police and security services - organizational aspect Seminar: Military, police and security services - organizational aspect
14. Lectures: Comparative administrative systems - selected issues Seminar: Comparative administrative systems - selected issues
15. Lectures: Closing lecture - repetitions Seminar: Closing seminar