Course: Regional Management

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Course title Regional Management
Course code KEN/REM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Škodová Parmová Dagmar, doc. Dr. Ing.
  • Pělucha Martin, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Dvořáková Líšková Zuzana, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: 1. Regions and regionalisation process, typology of regions, NUTS, cooperation between european regions, Interreg programs 2. Urbanization, historical development, suburbanization, brownfields, spatial planning, development of urban areas, cooperation between european cities, program Urbact III. 3. Regional management, definitions, approaches, regional marketing, municipalities, sustainability of regional development, Local Agenda 21, microregions, clusters 4. European cohesion policy and territorial agenda, principles and instruments, disparities, subsidiarity, structural funds, operational programmes, monitoring and sustainability of projects 5. Strategical documents of regional development, Strategy of regional development of CR 2014 2020, priorities, structure and ways of achievement, integrated financial instruments (ITI, IPRÚ, CLLD) 6. Rural areas development, Common agricultural policy, Program of rural development, MAS, policy of environmental protection, ÚSES, EIA, SEA

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • Preparation for exam - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 42 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 21 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim is to learn students the basic principles and starting points of regional policy and its application in CR and EU. Student will learn about the definitions of particular topics of regional sciences and the meaning and advantages of instruments of regional policy. The legislation proces of regional policy EU will be explained and described in frame of current programme period. The attention will be paid mainly to the structural funds, including the specification of strategical and programme documents of EU and CR.
Student will acquire basic knowledge on the principles of the EU regionaly policy and regional management. He will know the legislative, strategic and financial instruments filling these priorities and the role of particular stake-holders at different levels.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Seminar work

Credit requirements: Submission, approvement and presentation of the essay. Credits will be awarded not before 14 days before the end of the semester in agreement to the statement of dean no. 124/2017 article 15. Examination Requirements: Exam is oral. The correctness of answers to topics drawn accidently will be classified. The topics are on disposal in Moodle. The terms of exams will be set 3 weeks before the beginning of exam period in agreement to the statement of dean no. 124/2017 article 15.
Recommended literature
  • BARON, M., OCHOJSKI, A., POLKO A. Economics and strategic management of local public services in Central Europe: towards multidisciplinary analysis of infrastructure and service costs. Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7330-253-5.
  • FORET, M. Management v regionálním rozvoji. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7375-740-3.
  • FORET, M. Marketing v regionálním rozvoji. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7375-770-0.
  • REDLICHOVÁ, R. Regionální ekonomika pro bakalářské studium: Regional economy for bachelor studies. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7509-099-7.
  • ROUSE, D. C., BUNSTER-OSSA, I. F. Green infrastructure: a landscape approach. Chicago: American Planning Association, 2013. ISBN 978-1-61190-062-0.


Study plans that include the course
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