A. a. Knowledge and understanding
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
1. summarise basic comparative methods in social sciences
2. explain basic characteristics of political-administrative systems of leading Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries (France, Germany, USA and Great Britain)
3. describe current administrative processes in countries in transition and discuss administrative reforms in the context of Europeanization and adjustment to EU standards
4. identify modern administrative doctrines and their influence on convergence of administrative systems in the world
5. recognise different aims. contents and methods of administrative reforms in Eastern European and Western European countries
6. describe reforms of local self-government and indicate the process of political decentralisation of European administrative systems
7. express similarities and differendes between civil service systems and recognise the influence of civil service law in EU countries
A.b. Application
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate the differences between political-administrative systems of developed Western countries
2. interpret current administrative reforms with regard to the type of political-administrative system and administrative tradition of individual countries
3. illustrate the influence of the European Union on the convergence of adminstrative systems in countries in transition
4. select and apply certain comparative experience in Croatian administrative organisations
5. use acquired knowledge in the implementation of EU guidelines and regulations
6. outline proposals of modern methods of governance
A.c. Analysis
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
1. analyse institutional and organisational solutions from comparative administrative systems
2. compare and indicate specific effects of managerial reforms in Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries
3. connect common elements of modern administrative reforms and examine the level of convergence of administrative systems
4. examine the influence of pre-socialist and socialist heritage on key problems of countries in transition and the successfulness of modernisation reforms
5. differentiate between reformatory processes in developed Western countries and countries in transition
6. categorise groups of countries according to their relevant characteristics and indicate good administrative practices
A.d. Synthesis
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
1. construct explanation of administrative models in European countries
2. make proposals for the problems of Croatian administrative system following the model of Western European countries
3. propose application of modern methods of work in administrative organisations on the state, regional and local level
4. formulate measures for the implementation of modernisation reforms in countries in transition in line with EU guidelines
5. organise performance of tasks related to the application and implementation of EU administrative standards
6. manage smaller organisational units for European integration and bilateral projects
A. e. Evaluation
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
1. Estimate the influence of political-administrative system and administrative tradition on the development and reofrms of public administration
2. evaluate the scope and effect ofmodern administrative reforms in European countries
3. reexamine the scope and applicability of comparative experience and administrative models on the Croatian institutional-organisational context
4. assess the scope of Europeanization and the level of convergence of European administrative systems
5. recommend normative, organisational and personal measures on the level of Croatian administrative system
6. conclude about the trends in global administrative processes
