Municipalities and Regions Development Strategy

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Institute of Management Studies

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to understand the mission and the principles of regional/municipal development, the complexity of regional politics and the concepts such as sustainability, subsidiarity and partnership; to create a strategy of regional/municipal development, a plan of communication with stakeholders, institutions and general public; to discuss the challenge of public issues and public choice; to use the models and tools of practical strategic planning, modelling scenarios and making a choice of the most appropriate strategy.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

. development of society and planning, various philosophical and theoretical approaches, strategic management vs. strategic planning, managing institution vs. managing region/municipality

. democracy and public society, principles and methods of participative planning incl. practical demonstration

. stakeholders and their influence on development activities, power, planning based on communication vs. planning based on power tactics

. various types of plans and their coordination, multi-professional teams

Syllabus of tutorials:

. discussing tasks A and B and their methods among all participants by using one method of participative planning, distribution of roles among participating teams (team work, 30 minutes each team)

. task A including „multi-professional approach“, use of one method of participative planning (2 teams 90 minutes and 2 teams 30 minutes)

. task A including „multi-professional approach“, use of one method of participative planning (2 teams 90 minutes and 2 teams 30 minutes)

. task B including „challenge of power“, use of one method of participative planning (2 teams 90 minutes and 2 teams 30 minutes)

. task B including „challenge of power“, use of one method of participative planning (2 teams 90 minutes and 2 teams 30 minutes)

Study Objective:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

. Explain the difference between the strategic management of profit-driven economical subjects, public administration and regional/municipal development projects

. Use the principles of strategic management in democracy, public society and participative planning approaches

. Understand various stakeholders that operate in a region, their influence on development activities and mutual relationships

. Use the methods of participative planning

. Analyse and evaluate development ideas by using the tools of strategic management

Study materials:

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• N-PRI-prez.forma od 10/11 (compulsory elective course)
• N-RRP-prez.forma od 10/11 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-prez.forma od 11/12 (compulsory elective course)
• N-RRP-prez.forma od 11/12 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-prez.forma od 12/13 (compulsory elective course)
• N-RRP-prez.forma od 12/13 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-prez.forma od 13/14 (compulsory elective course)
• N-RRP-prez.forma od 13/14 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-prez. forma od 14/15 (compulsory elective course)
• N-RRP-prez. forma od 14/15 (compulsory elective course)