Kvalita života občanov - výzvy, determinanty a riešenia II

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Stanislav Konečný

The goal of this monograph is to interpret the context of the emergence of public policy theory and the basic parameters of its subject matter—public interest, actors, and tools—as well as its methodological equipment.

The publication is also a response to the current state of development of public policy and its theory in our context, compared to its development worldwide. Today, when there is not only a very developed theory but also practice of public policy abroad, making it accessible to our readers in its full scope in the form of domestic production is almost impossible, also due to the quantitative parameters of our domestic authorial potential.

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Josef Bernhart - Peter Decarli - Davide Maffei (eds.)

Publikácia je koncipovaná ako interdisciplinárna vedomostná báza zahŕňajúca východiská, spoločné témy a výzvy relevantné pre komunálnu politiku, digitalizáciu na úrovni obcí a miest a témy zelenej transformácie. Hlavnými cieľovými skupinami tejto publikácie sú učitelia a vedeckí pracovníci, študenti vysokých škôl verejnej správy, politických vied a príbuzných odborov a odborníci už pôsobiaci v orgánoch samosprávy obcí alebo miest. Odborníci z rôznych univerzít a výskumných inštitúcií v unikátnom medzinárodnom konzorciu obohacujú vďaka publikácii vedeckú diskusiu, ako aj diskusiu o najnaliehavejších a najrelevantnejších témach týkajúcich sa digitálnej a zelenej transformácie s dôrazom na komunálnu úroveň spravovania.

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Viktória Bobáková a kolektív

Koncepcia, východiská a perspektívy rozvoja územnej samosprávy v SR sa zaoberá moderným riadeným územnej samosprávy, aby boli občania spokojní s územnou samosprávou, ukazuje perspektívy do budúcna a moderné riadenie v koncepcii starostov.

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Richard Geffert - Denisa Rovenská

Social justice as a key value of social policy is an integral part of the social security system of every democratic and legal state of Western Civilization.The scientific monograph focuses on social justice in the old-age pension system in the Slovak Republic within diapason 2004 - 2022. The attention is dominantly focused on II., the so-calledcapitalization pension pillar.The aims of the scientific monograph correspond to the selected aims formulated as part of the project VEGA 1/0290/20 Social justice and old-age pension savings in the Slovak Republic.The main aim of the monograph is to identify the perception of social justice in the capitalization pillar of old-age pension savings through the value orientations of savers who are deciding to invest in funds II.pillar, as models created by relevant political representations in the Slovak Republic.

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Stanislav Konečný

The topic of our research task of the same name VEGA 1/0757/17 was based on the question – and was likewise defined in its approved project – how public administration as one of the providers of public services can act as efficiently as possible in favour of making these services available from the aspect (place of permanent residence) of the citizen.

This can be done with a certain optimality in the structure of public administration, primarily at the local, but also at the supra-local, e.g. regional, level. If, for example, the settlement structure is too disintegrated, or conversely the regional structure is too aggregated (or even too fragmented), various alternative solutions must be sought that are rational and optimal for satisfying citizens and that will not waste public resources.

In this, it is also questionable how the system of state administration authorities and local government authorities is reflected in this structure (in the case of known differences in their operation in both these regimes, or in a regime of delegated performance of state administration), including the conditions of funding these services as public services.

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Gabriela Kravčáková - Jana Lukáčová - Taťjana Búgelová

Vedecká monografia je zameraná na problematiku práce a kariéry vysokoškolského učiteľa a tematicky je rozdelená na tri relatívne nezávislé štúdie. Prvá štúdia, ktorá sa sústreďuje na charakteristiku práce učiteľov, opisuje širšie teoretické východiská a definuje základné pojmy v súvislosti s prácou. Tiež poskytuje analýzu práce vysokoškolského učiteľa, pričom bolo identifikovaných viacero nedostatkov. Výskumné zistenia preukázali signifikantné rozdiely v časovej náročnosti pracovných úloh vykonávaných učiteľmi a tiež v percipovanej významnosti týchto úloh. Učitelia využívajú fond pracovného času nad 100 % a možno očakávať, že populácia učiteľov považuje svoje pracovné úlohy za skôr významné až rozhodne významné. Existuje vzťah medzi odhadovanou časovou náročnosťou niektorých pracovných úloh a percipovanou významnosťou týchto úloh. Na základe zistení sú formulované závery a návrhy intervenčných opatrení a je prezentovaný konštrukt kľúčových kompetentností vysokoškolského učiteľa, ktoré tvoria základné, sociálne, pedagogické, vedecko-výskumné a manažérske kompetentnosti. Druhá štúdia analyzuje mieru spokojnosti, sebauplatnenia, kompetencií v práci učiteľov a prestíž učiteľskej profesie vzhľadom k rodu, akademickej hodnosti, služobnej seniorite a pôsobeniu v konkrétnom vednom odbore. Tretia štúdia, ktorá spracováva tematiku kariéry učiteľa, poskytuje prehľad teoretických východísk kariéry. Analyzuje akademickú kariéru cez objektívne faktory (odborná a riadiaca kariéra, vedenie grantov a výška platu) a subjektívne faktory (kariérová a pracovná spokojnosť). Teoreticky zdôvodňuje úzke prepojenie kariéry a identity učiteľov. Výsledky výskumu preukázali, že sú rozdiely v objektívnych ukazovateľoch kariéry medzi mužmi a ženami v prospech mužov. Ženy dosahovali vyššiu kariérovú spokojnosť ako muži, no v pracovnej spokojnosti sa nelíšili. Pracovná spokojnosť učiteľov s rôznym pracovným zaradením dosahuje mierne pozitívne hodnoty (najspokojnejší sú profesori a doktorandi). Odborná a riadiaca kariéra spolu s výškou zárobku predikujú kariérovú spokojnosť. Podľa analýzy štruktúry identity majú najvýznamnejší post na univerzite vedúci grantov a za nimi nasledujú profesori. Ženy - učiteľky sú hodnotené menej pozitívne ako muži a za negatívny rolový model sú považovaní učitelia bez výskumnej angažovanosti. Štúdia poskytuje odporúčania pre ďalší výskum a prax.

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Gabriela Kravčáková - Dominika Bernátová

The textbook addresses the issue of Human resource management and is intended for students and professionals. The purpose of the textbook is to present current knowledge about human resource management, a description of personnel processes and characteristics of personnel work methods so that the student can apply them in practice.

Text also focuses on personnel practice in state government institutions. The textbook contains ten chapters. The introductory part deals with the theoretical background and the contribution of human resource management to the organisation's success. Subsequently, individual personnel processes are processed. Attention is also paid to the use of modern technologies and artificial intelligence in personnel processes.

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Michal Jesenko - Rastislav Král (eds.)

Peer-reviewed proceedings of contributions from the 7th year of the international scientific conference for doctoral students, February 11, 2022 The work titled "Theory and Practice of Public Administration. Peer-reviewed proceedings of contributions from the 7th year of the international scientific conference for doctoral students held on February 11, 2022" is a comprehensive output of 29 contributions presented at the international scientific conference, which took place online on February 11, 2022. The conference is a traditional activity that is annually organized by the Faculty of Public Administration, P.J. Šafárik University in Košice. It is primarily intended for doctoral students and young researchers to facilitate open discussion, exchange of views, and mutual confrontation of the results of creative scientific activities.

This includes not only colleagues from Slovakia but also participants from abroad. The peer-reviewed articles provide, on one hand, a multidisciplinary perspective on the theoretical definition of public administration in the context of a functioning legal state. On the other hand, they also highlight practical aspects of public administration in everyday societal life. The contributions analyze the issues from the perspective of legal, economic, sociological, and political sciences.

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Iveta Jeleňová - Gabriela Kravčáková (eds.)

Zborník príspevkov z medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie 16. október 2014, Košice

V polovici októbra 2014 sa uskutočnil druhý ročník konferencie Ľudský kapitál a spoločnosť, organizovaný Katedrou sociálnych štúdií Fakulty verejnej správy Univerzity P. J. Šafárika v Košiciach v spolupráci s ďalšou katedrou fakulty, a to Katedrou ekonomiky a riadenia verejnej správy. Dnes máte pred sebou zborník zahŕňajúci príspevky prednesené účastníkmi tejto konferencie. Pri jeho príprave sa editorky museli vyrovnať z rôznorodosťou profilácie účastníkov konferencie, premietajúcou sa do prístupu autorov pri spracovaní problematiky, ktorej sa venovali a následne príspevky nechať posúdiť recenzentmi z rôznych odborov. Jednotlivé príspevky sa venujú tradičným témam, ale aj novším a novým témam, reflektujúc aktuálne problémy a otázky týkajúce sa ľudského kapitálu, organizačného správania a predovšetkým, verejnej správy.

Na konferencii sa stretli výskumníci venujúci sa manažmentu, psychológii, politológii, sociálnej práci, sociológii, antropológii, jazykovede, ale aj ľudia, ktorí sa nezaraďujú iba k jednej vednej disciplíne. Bolo zaujímavé vidieť ako na ten istý jav pozerajú ľudia z rôznych disciplín. Konferencia ukázala, že interdisciplinárny prístup môže upozorniť na nedostatky identifikácie a poznania problémov len z pohľadu jednej disciplíny.

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Michal Jesenko (editor) - Eva Mihalíková - Darina Koreňová

Public Administration and Society is a scientific journal publishing scientific academic articles, contributions to discussion and reviews having the content orientation on the theory and practice of Public Administration. The mission of the Journal is to publish significant results of the scientific scholarly researches regarding the area of public administration and related disciplines which are connected with the study profile and scientific bias of our Faculty. The Scientific Journal is issued in electronic version.

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Michal Jesenko(výkonný redaktor)

Eva Mihalíková, Darina Koreňová(ed.)

Public Administration and Society is a scientific journal publishing scientific academic articles, contributions to discussion and reviews having the content orientation on the theory and practice of Public Administration. The mission of the Journal is to publish significant results of the scientific scholarly researches regarding the area of public administration and related disciplines which are connected with the study profile and scientific bias of our Faculty. The Scientific Journal is issued in electronic version.

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Peter Fedoročko (eds.)

From June 14 to June 17, 2022, the 8th annual Spring School for Doctoral Students at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice will take place in Liptovský Ján. The scientific program of the spring school will comprise 3 plenary lectures by leading scientific experts and 1 workshop. Doctoral students will present their research papers in two sections: 22 doctoral students of Faculty of Public Administration, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Arts, and 26 doctoral students of Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science. The scientific programme of the spring school will also include a panel discussion with the management of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

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Denisa Rovenská - Eliška Župová (eds.)

Proceedings of the Scientific Conference Held on November 14, 2019

The presented publication contains contributions oriented towards the environment of public administration organizations, which were presented by the authors in the form of lectures. The contributions focused on the issue of bureaucratic rules applied in various organizational and political processes and on the issue of knowledge organization from different perspectives. The information discussed during the scientific conference contributed to emphasizing the need to address this issue primarily from an interdisciplinary framework. It is precisely the integration of diverse knowledge and experiences from many scientific disciplines that ensures the comprehensiveness of understanding the researched topic in both its breadth and depth.

We would like to express sincere gratitude to the entire scientific committee and all reviewers for their time and willingness to participate in the creation and improvement of this publication.

We are honored to offer readers a collection whose content is interesting and informationally rich, and we also hope that it will inspire further research and create an environment for future stimulating discussions.

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Gabriela Kravčáková a kol.

The second revised and extended edition of University textbook Organizational Behavior is the work of an international team of authors. University teachers of two Slovak universities and two Czech universities are the authors of this book. Problem areas of organizational behavior and its processing comprehensively was the intention of the authors. University textbook is complemented by 10 chapters, other chapters are significantly revised. University textbook is thematically divided into five parts. The first part treats the issue of organizational behavior as a discipline. Organizational behavior is theoretically defined, there is indicated the subject matter of the discipline, relationship with other sciences, historical and scientific foundations of organizational behavior. There are also presented knowledge about formal organizations and bureaucracy. Final of the first part is dedicated to social science research and social audit in organizations. The second part is called Individual aspects of organizational behavior and there are included themes as personality, work and its role in human life, job satisfaction, work motivation and loyalty of employees. This part is complemented by the issue of personality, competency and power of manager and career issues. Interpersonal interaction and group processes in an organization is the name of the third part of the book. It includes the chapters as working group, team and team roles, leadership and its impact on human personality, communication, performance management, friendships and loneliness in the organization. This section was complemented by the issue of interculturar communication in the international organizational context, conflicts in the workplace and workplace misbehavior. Fourth, complemented part is called Resources and means of ensuring employees and there are included themes such as external and internal mobility of workers, personal marketing, and unemployed as a potential source of workforce and talent management. The fifth part is called The organization as a culture and organizational dynamics. Authors included topics such as organizational culture, social responsibility of organizations and added the themes ethics on workplace, change management and radical change – reengineering. University textbook presents current theoretical knowledge and also the results of relevant research. Contents of chapters are complemented by practical examples of organizations. There are included questions for reflection and tasks at the end of each chapter. Tasks that help students and professional public apply the theoretical knowledge to solve practical problems. This University textbook comes with support KEGA no. 013-UPJŠ 4/2013 titled Organizational Behavior - University textbook for the compulsory subject of the new study program.

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Viktória Adamov Kráľová - Peter Molitoris -Viktória Ferková - Frederika Fogašová

According to the legislation, the municipality is considered as an entity that is obliged to provide information to the public by making information available upon request or by actively publishing information. The methodological manual entitled "Mandatory disclosure of information at the municipal level" defines the procedure, identified problem areas and recommendations/examples of good practice in the process of making information available upon request. The presented manual also draws attention to legal regulations and information with which municipalities come into contact most often and which, according to their wording, are required to be published.

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Ladislav Orosz

Vysokoškolská učebnica pripravená pre štúdium verejnoprávnych disciplín na Fakulte verejnej správy UPJŠ v Košiciach, ktorá je využiteľná ako študijná literatúra aj pre študentov právnických fakúlt a politológie. V prvej časti učebnice je predmetom výkladu a analýzy teória ústavy. Autor kladie v tejto časti osobitný zreteľ  na dynamicky sa rozvíjajúce časti ústavnej teórie, ku ktorým patrí najmä problematika materiálneho jadra ústavy a súdna kontrola ústavnosti. Druhá časť učebnice má komparatívny charakter. Autor v nej analyzuje genézu a rozbor súčasného stavu ústavných modelov tradičných demokracií (USA,  Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska, Francúzska a SRN), ako štátov zoskupenia V4 (Poľská republika, Maďarsko, Česká republika, Slovenská republika).