Basics of civil service
Course: Educational and professional program “Civil Service”
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service
Title
Basics of civil service
Code
ОК.1
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PRN01. Know theoretical and applied
principles of development and analysis of public
policies, foundations and technologies of adoption
management decisions.
PRN11. Develop reasonable
management decisions taking into account issues
European and Euro-Atlantic integration,
take into account existing legislative, temporary goals
and resource constraints, evaluate political,
social, economic and environmental consequences
solution options.
PRN12. Plan and carry out scientific and
applied research in the field of public
management and administration, including
problem analysis, goal setting and
tasks, selection and use of theoretical ones
and empirical research methods, analysis
its results, formulation
reasonable conclusions.
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To know: theoretical and methodological foundations, classical and modern theories and models, evolution
formation of civil service; essential features of the concepts: "state service", "state
employees"; main regulatory and program documents on these issues, forms, requirements and
features of public service, the system of bodies and persons that form and
implement state policy in the field of public service, as well as the specifics of this field
management activities; organizational-functional and social-psychological principles
civil service; peculiarities of the activities of civil servants.
2. To be able to analyze the peculiarities of civil service in foreign countries, to determine
social purpose, tasks and functions of public service; apply basic scientific terms,
categories, principles and classifications in the analysis of problems of modern civil service;
distinguish and interpret stages of public service,
Course content
Topic 1. The essence and specifics of the state
services: basic theories, purpose, goals,
tasks, functions, principles and models
civil service
Topic 2. International state standards
services: European SIGMA principles,
good governance etc
Topic 3. Organizational and legal
regulation of civil service in conditions
modern challenges and changes in Ukraine.
The goal of civil service reform
of Ukraine
Topic 4. Legal status of the state
employee: concepts, rights, duties,
characteristics of civil servants
relations, anti-corruption restrictions
Topic 5. Service career,
procedural approach in passing
civil service. Management
official career and official
career movement of civil servants
Topic 7. Public service as a social service
institute, its types. Pay system
and motivations of civil servants
Topic 10. Psychological aspects of the state
services in the prevention of corruption,
conflicts of interest, professional
burnout
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Василевська Т. Е. Інституціональна підтримка етики державного службовця.
Університетська кафедра. 2015. No 4. Київ : КНЕУ, 2015. С. 87–96.
2. Збірник навч. кейсів для професійної підготовки та підвищення кваліфікації фахівців за
спеціальністю «Публічне управління та адміністрування» / [Н. Алюшина, Ж. Кравченко, Н.
Наулік, Я. Турунен, С. Хаджирадєва (заг. ред.) та ін.]. Київ : УШУ, 2022. 136.
3. Науково-практичний коментар до Закону України «Про державну службу» / Ред. кол.: К.О.
Ващенко, І.Б. Коліушко, В.П. Тимощук, В.А. Дерець (відп. ред.). К.: ФОП Москаленко
О.М., 2017. 796 с.
4. Неліпа Д.В. Організаційно-правові засади державної служби. 2-ге вид. перероб. та доповн.
Підручник. К.: «Центр учбової літератури», 2017. 376 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Knowledge control is carried out according to the ECTS system, which involves two levels
assessment of learned material, in particular assessment of theoretical training - results
training (knowledge 1.1 - 1.3), which is 25% of the total grade for the semester and assessment
of practical training - learning outcomes (skills 2.1 - 2.4; communication 3.1 - 3.2;
autonomy 4.1 – 4.3), which is 75% of the total grade for the semester.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Nataliia
Borysivna
Larina
Department of Public Policy
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Public Policy
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service