Public, Social and Cooperative Economy

Lehrinhalte

  • characteristics of public Management and Public Administration
  • reforms of public management
  • new technologies for the public sector
  • concepts of foundational Economy
  • concepts of the Economy of the Common Good
  • set up and development of structural funds of the EU
  • schemes and structure of subsidies provided by Austrian funding agencies for enterprises

Art der Vermittlung

Präsenzveranstaltung

Art der Veranstaltung

Pflichtfach

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Froud, Julie et al., Foundational Economy. The Infrastructure of Everyday Life. Manchester University Press 2018
Thijs, Nick, Hammerschmid, Gerhard and Enora Palaric: A comparative overview of public administration characteristics and performance in EU28. Brussels European Commission, 2017
Hammerschmid, Gerhard (ed), Public Administration Reform in Europe. Edward Elgar 2016
Kuhlmann, Sabina and Helmut Wollman, Introduction to Comparative Public Administration. Edward Elgar2019

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Lecture, continuous assessment via group discussions, case study assignments in groups, presentations in class

Prüfungsmethode

Group work paper – written assignment (45%), discussions (participation) (10%), presentations (25%), quiz (20%)

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

none

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

Europäische Wirtschaft und Unternehmensführung (Bachelor)

Akademischer Grad

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

2.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Berufsbegleitend

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

2024

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

4 SS

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successful completion of the course, students can:

  • understand different structures of public management
  • explain the meaning of foundational economy and concepts of the economy of the common good.
  • compare structures and developments of public management across European economies
  • understand the reasons of public intervention in imperfect markets (incl. pursuing public policy objectives)
  • explain the structure and instruments of public subsidies in Austria and the European Union
  • differentiate and apply the meaning of structural funds of the EU funding programmes (incl. structural funds) for country national and sectoral cases

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

0389-20-01-BB-DE-45e