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Course details
Course code: IPS10063o16
Semester: 2016/2017 winter
Name: Commune development strategy
Major: Land Management
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. inż. Szymon Szewrański
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: possesses knowledge regarding the social, economical, environmental factors of local development; is familiar with selected contemporary trends and determinants of development; knows the role and meaning of strategic governance within a commune; knows the basic stages and principles behind the creation of a commune’s development strategy; possesses knowledge regarding the tools used to implement a development strategy; knows the methods for the evaluation of the consequences and for the monitoring of the implementation of a commune’s development strategy; Abilities: can gather, select and synthesise data required to prepare strategic documents; can identify the developmental factors and determinants of a commune; can conduct a developmental potential analysis; can define the key developmental issues of a commune; can indicate the main strategic goals and establish the proper operational tasks for their realisation; can evaluate the internal cohesiveness of the elements of a strategy project;

Competences: Social competence (attitudes): can plan the stages of realisation and, as part of a team, establish the elements of a commune’s development strategy; has the ability to share information with an audience; knows how to conduct a critical evaluation and initiate a content-based discussion.

Prerequisites: none

Course content: The scope and factors of local development. Elements of strategic governance in a commune. Strategic planning. Strategic-planning documents. The methods for formulating a development strategy. The methodological basics and principles for formulating a local socio-economic policy. Participation and public consultations. The stages of establishing a development strategy. Evaluating and analysing the resources of a commune. Conducting a diagnosis and analysis of the external determinants of development. Predicting the development of a commune. Programming local development. Creating a mission and a vision. Formulating developmental goals. Strategy varianting. Ex-ante evaluation and the strategic evaluation of environmental impact. Implementing a development strategy. Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the development strategy of a commune. Common problems related to strategic planning – case study.

Recommended literature: Bajerowski T. (red.), 2008. Zarządzanie przestrzenne. Wyd. Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego. Gawroński H., 2010: Zarządzanie strategiczne w samorządach lokalnych. Wolters Kluwer Giordano K., 2006: Planowanie zrównoważonego rozwoju gminy w praktyce. Wyd. KUL. Grant R., 2011: Współczesna analiza strategii. Wolters Kluwer Klimek M., 2010: Zró1)wnoważony rozwój lokalny. Teoria-planowanie-realizacja. EkoPress. Korzeniak G., 2011. Zintegrowane planowanie rozwoju miast. IRM Łaguna T.M., Witkowska-Dąbrowska M. (red.), 2010: Zarządzanie zasobami środowiska. EkoPress Miszczuk A., Miszczuk M., Żuk K., 2007: Gospodarka samorządu terytorialnego. PWN Noworól A, 2007: Planowanie rozwoju terytorialnego w skali regionalnej i lokalnej. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Strzelecki Z. (red.) 2008: Gospodarka regionalna i lokalna. PWN

Assessment methods: project evaluation, oral examination

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