Course: Issues of the Non-profit Sector

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Course title Issues of the Non-profit Sector
Course code KSS/TSE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
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 unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Jihlavec Jan, Mgr. DiS.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Civil society 2) Public and civil sector 3) State non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic 4) Non-governmental non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic 5) Economy and financing of non-profit organizations 6) Human resources in the non-profit sector, management 7) Non-profit sector in the field of social work in the Czech Republic Seminars: 1) Legal forms of non-governmental non-profit organizations and their use in practice 2) Fundraising - individual donation 3) Fundraising - corporate donation 4) Project Management 5) Social economy 6) Manager's personality and factors of managerial work in the non-profit sector 7) Volunteering and working with volunteers

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Written assignment presentation and defence
  • Presentation preparation (report) - 20 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 42 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The general part of the course introduces students to the concept of civil society, its theoretical foundations, including the prerequisites for the emergence of civil society and its social importance. It will establish an explanation of the nature, importance and functioning of the non-profit public and civil sector in a free, democratic society. Furthermore, the students will be acquainted with the numerous aspects of the existence of state and non-governmental non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic, including the financing of non-profit sector entities. On a particular level, the course will focus on the activities of the non-profit public and civil sector in the Czech Republic in selected thematic areas related to the field of social work.
The general part of the course introduces students to the concept of civil society, its theoretical foundations, including the prerequisites for the emergence of civil society and its social importance. It will establish an explanation of the nature, importance and functioning of the non-profit public and civil sector in a free, democratic society. Furthermore, the students will be acquainted with the numerous aspects of the existence of state and non-governmental non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic, including the financing of non-profit sector entities. On a particular level, the course will focus on the activities of the non-profit public and civil sector in the Czech Republic in selected thematic areas related to the field of social work.
Prerequisites
Social issues and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

Active participation in lessons. Presentation of a topic given by the teacher. Continuous contribution to discussion forum on given topics.
Recommended literature
  • BERTL, I. Ekonomika a management neziskových organizací.. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP., 2012. ISBN 978-80-7414-519-3.
  • BOUKAL, P., aj.. Fundraising pro neziskové organizace.. Praha: Grada., 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4487-2.
  • BOUKAL, P. Nestátní neziskové organizace : (teorie a praxe). Praha: Oeconomica, 2009. ISBN 978-80-245-1650-9.
  • SKOVAJSA, M. Občanský sektor: organizovaná občanská společnost v České republice. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-681-0.
  • ŠEDIVÝ, M. MEDLÍKOVÁ, O. Úspěšná nezisková organizace.. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-2707-3.


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