Government-business interactions - JSM701

• Anglický název: Government-business interactions
• Český název: Vztahy
• Zajišťuje: Katedra veřejné a sociální politiky (23-KVSP)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2017 do 2017
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 4
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:7/2, Zk [DS]
• Počet míst: neomezen / neurčen (1)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu
• Garant: PhDr. Petr Witz, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: PhDr. Petr Witz, Ph.D.

Anotace

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Witz, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

The historical importance of government-business relationship has only been stressed by the recent pandemic. This course aims to provide students with a practical knowledge of how the dynamics between the government and corporate workd works including various types and forms of government-business interactions and different strategies applied by the two sides in mutual encounters. It focuses mainly on real-life examples and enables students to actively explore the range of operations and skills involved in public-private confrontations including dealing with major societal challenges, setting up social and economic regulations, public procurement, contracting out of public services and public-private partnerships. Students will get both the public and private sector perspectives of factors influencing decisions and will learn about the tools used in the evaluation, decision making process and negotiations. Special attention will be paid to the role of citizens in balancing out the government-business relationships and to socio-pathological tendencies in government/business interactions. Students will be encouraged to identify, analyse and discuss cases of government-business or multilateral interactions of their interest in the class. They will be able to practice skills they may utilise in their professional life. Simulations and role-playing games will form a part of the course.

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Witz, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

It is intended that students emerge from this course with an understanding of questions such as: how government and corporate sector differ in their outlooks and modes of opertion, how a regulation is developed and promulgated, and how business can seek to influence the outcome; how legislative battles are fought and how business organizes to shape provisions in legislation; under what conditions can the business sector step in as a substitute for public organizations and how can the government do business; how business, government and possibly the civil sector can work together in partnerships to secure the provision of key public services and infrastructure. In short, the aim of the course is to cultivate the students‘capacity to view problems comprehensively from "both sides", that is, how various business interests view an issue, and how government officials in a variety of agencies and institutions view the same problem.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Witz, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

Students’ participation is taken into account (10 %). There will be short student presentations (45 %) on the topic of choice related to problems of government-business interactions (list of suggested topics will be provided at the first lecture. The course is concluded with a written exam (test) (45 %).

Literatura

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Věra Tomandlová (24.11.2015)

Benáček, V. Frič, P. and Potůček, M. (2008) Klíčové formy regulace ve vzájemných vztazích. In: Potůček, M. et al (eds.) Strategické volby pro českou společnost: Teoretická východiska. Prague: Sociologické nakladatelství.

Dunleavy, P, Carrera, L (2013) Growing the productivity of government services, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Greve, C. and Hodge, G. (eds.) (2013) Rethinking Public-Private Partnerships. Oxon: Routledge.

Hisrich, R. D. and Al-Dabbagh, A. (2013) Governpreneurship, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

HM Treasury (2011) Green book: Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220541/green_book_complete.pdf.

Lindblom, Ch. (1977) Politics and Markets. New York : Basic Books.

Potůček, M. ed. (2008) Capacities of governance in the Czech Republic. Prague: Matfyzpress.

National Audit Office. "Central Government‘s Use of Consultants and Interims", London, 2010.

Pollitt, Christopher, Bouckaert, Geert (2004). Public Management Reform. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 345 s.

Vries, P. de and Yeouhe, E.B. (2014) The Routledge Companion to Public-Private Parterships. Oxon: Routledge.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Petr Witz, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

Course programme

The course consists of the following themes:

 

1.      Introduction to the course, governments and businesses: interests, philosophies, visions

2.      Brief history of government-business relations

3.      Business vs government modes of operation: government and coroporate inner workings

4.      Levels and modes of government-business interactions: Government running a business and business running public services and infrastructure

5.      Multi-level system of regulations (EU-member states-local administration)

6.      Designing regulations and contract writing, ways of promoting public and private interests

7.      Public procurement, tendering strategies

8.      Outsourcing, contracting out, joint ventures and public-private partnerships: practical examples 

9.      Is public-private-citizen collaboration the next phase in the development of the public-private relationship?

10.     Corruption, monopoly, oligopoly and other socio-pathological phenomena degrading public-private interactions