Public Sector Organisation and Operation

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titlePublic Sector Organisation and Operation
Chair of Constitutional and European Law
Number of ECTS credits5
Lecturerprof.dr.sc. Anita Blagojević
Office AddressRadićeva 13 10/17
Telephone+385 31 224 500
e-mailanita.blagojevic@pravos.hr
Lecturerdoc.dr.sc. Mato Palić
Office AddressRadićeva 13 63
Telephone+385 31 224 563
e-mailmato.palic@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

1. Evolution of the public sector and defining the public sector, 2. Characteristics of the public sector as a system, 3. Subjects in the public sector, 4. Legal entities in the public sector, 5. The role of the state in functioning of the public sector, 6. Providers and users in the public sector, 7. Public authorities, 8. Supervision of institutions in the public sector, 9. Financing the public sector, 10. Social activities and services in the public sector, 11. Infrastructural activities and services in the public sector, 12. Communal services in the public sector, 13. Additional forms of legal organisations that provide public service, 14. Public services provided by public trust entities (e.g. notary)

Course learning outcomes

define and describe the scope of the public sector, analyse different types of entities providing public services in the public sector, identify and classify public authorities, social services and infrastructural services, interpret the supervision of public sector service providers, argumented discussion on the topic of quality of different services in the public sector,

TEACHING METHODS
☑ Lectures
☐ Seminars and workshops
☐ Exercises
☑ Independent tasks
☐ Multimedia and internet
☐ Distance education
☐ Office hours
☐ Laboratory
☐ Field work
☐ Mentoring work
☑ Knowledge test
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
☑ Oral exam
☑ Written exam
☑ Colloquium
Other:
ADDITIONAL FACTS
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Ivanda, Stipe. Ustrojstvo i djelovanje javnog sektora - Opći dio. 2009. Pravni fakultet Osijek
Ivanda, Stipe. Ustrojstvo i djelovanje javnog sektora - Posebni dio. 2007. Pravni fakultet Osijek
Optional reading