Course detail

Economy of Municipalities

FAST-NVB060Acad. year: 2021/2022

Specifications of terms like village and city as a social-economic system. Property of villages and cities. System of public budgets and budgets of district councils, cities and villages. Local and urban councils organization.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Hanák, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge from area of organisation of municipality authorities.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of fundamental economic terminology and relations. Basics of microeconomic and macroeconomic theories.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get basic knowledge from area of organisation of municipality authorities. To acquire ability to orient in municipalities economy, management of property and financial resources for preparing proficiency in public investments.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-MI Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme NPC-GK Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Hanák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. The related legislation. 2. Organization of towns and villages. 3. The economic activities of municipalities. 4. Development of municipalities. 5. Property and asset valuation. 6. Infrastructure. 7. Effectiveness of investments. 8. Funding – source. 9. Management methods. 10. Externalities, internalisation and management levels. 11. Rating municipalities. 12. Presentations of students. 13. Presentations of students.