Managing State and Municipal Orders and Contracts

Master 2023/2024

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Compulsory course (Public Administration)

Area of studies: Public Administration

Delivered by: Department of Foreign Languages

Where: Faculty of Economics

When: 2 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Elena V. Shadrina

Master’s programme: Public Administration

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Contact hours: 46

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Abstract

This discipline introduces students to public procurement, a topic that is widely discussed in political and public circles, since, on the one hand, a significant part of the state budget is spent on public procurement and there are high risks of corruption, on the other hand, competently conducted procurement allows the highest quality provision of public needs.The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with how the public procurement and contract management system works, how competitive mechanisms are used to select suppliers, how the government uses public procurement as a tool for priority tasks implementing.Particular emphasis is on a systematic approach to public procurement management, which includes all stages from needs planning, procurement planning, to the stage of contract management. We will study the main procurement methods - tender, auction, request for quotations, etc. Based on the example from Russia and other countries, we will analyze the main global trends in public procurement, such as digitalization, the transition to sustainable and circular procurement.The course covers a wide range of topics, from the role of public procurement for the development of the state economy, study of procurement procedures, and ending with the management of risks. The course is interdisciplinary, affecting the areas of law, economics and management. It is supposed to work with legal acts, public procurement information systems, with cases on public procurement in Russia.The course is useful for those who plan to work in government and organizations, making purchases, and for those who plan to work in business, managing supplies for public contracts.

Learning Objectives

The purposes of the discipline "Management of state and municipal procurement and contracts" are:  formation of a holistic view of the management system of public procurement and contracts, understanding the role of public procurement in solving important social and economic problems of the state; formation of knowledge about the mechanisms for selecting suppliers; familiarisation with modern international trends in the development of the system of state and municipal procurement;  formation of social and personal qualities necessary for the student: civic responsibility, tolerance, general culture, purposefulness, organisation, diligence, communication skills, teamwork, leadership qualities.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Be able to evaluate anti-corruption strategies effectiveness and to use preventive measures against corruption
Knows how new technologies can reduce corruption
A student knows the basic concepts of management activities.
A student knows the basics of managing the regulation of procurement to meet state and municipal needs
A student knows general principles of the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs
A student knows changes in the management model of procurement organization
A student is able to apply the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation governing competitive procurement
A student is able to competently carry out management in the field of procurement to ensure state and municipal needs
A student has skills to model managerial situations in the field of state and municipal procurement management
A student analyses the applicability of the procedure for given procurement characteristics
A student analyses the factors influencing the level of competition at the auction
A student understands the impact of competition on procurement results
A student analyses the possibilities of corruption and the factors influencing the likelihood corruption in procurement

Course Contents

Public procurement system. Basic provisions.
Procurement procedures for state and municipal needs
Current trends in public procurement
Risks and corruption in public procurement

Assessment Elements

работа на семинарах
не возможно повторить
самостоятельная работа
экзамен
Экзамен включает в себя тестовые вопросы и решение кейса.
самостоятельная работа

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 2nd module
0.1 * работа на семинарах + 0.1 * работа на семинарах + 0.2 * самостоятельная работа + 0.2 * самостоятельная работа + 0.4 * экзамен

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Dimitri, N., Piga, G., & Spagnolo, G. (2006). Handbook of Procurement. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=174484

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Coviello, D., Moretti, L., Spagnolo, G., & Valbonesi, P. (2018). Court Efficiency and Procurement Performance. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 120(3), 826–858. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12225
Elena F. Gutselyuk. (2018). Public Procurement as One of the Institutions of New Industrial Policy. Voprosy Regulirovaniâ Èkonomiki, (4), 106. https://doi.org/10.17835/2078-5429.2017.8.4.106-113
Khemiri, R., Elbedoui-Maktouf, K., Grabot, B., & Zouari, B. (2017). A fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making approach for managing performance and risk in integrated procurement–production planning. International Journal of Production Research, 55(18), 5305–5329. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1308575
Maxim Mironov, & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya. (2016). Corruption in Procurement and the Political Cycle in Tunneling: Evidence from Financial Transactions Data. Post-Print. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.hal.journl.halshs.01513327
Nicoletti, B. (2018). Agile Procurement : Volume II: Designing and Implementing a Digital Transformation. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1596137
Public e-procurement tools in European Union. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.DE3DBA38
Qian, X., Huang, M., Ching, W.-K., Lee, L. H., & Wang, X. (2019). Mechanism design in project procurement auctions with cost uncertainty and failure risk. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 15(1), 131–157. https://doi.org/10.3934/jimo.2018036
Sharma, S. K., Sengupta, A., & Panja, S. C. (2019). Mapping Corruption Risks in Public Procurement: Uncovering Improvement Opportunities and Strengthening Controls. Public Performance & Management Review, 42(4), 947–975. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2018.1535984
Vera Zipperer. (2019). Green Public Procurement and the Innovation Activities of Firms. Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.diw.diwwpp.dp1820
Руководство по закупкам = Handbook of Procurement: [учеб. пособие] / ред. Н. Димитри, Г. Пига, Дж. Спаньоло; пер. с англ. М.М. Форже, Е.В. Хилинская; пер. с англ. под ред. И.В. Кузнецова. – М.: ИД ВШЭ, 2013. – 695 с. – Режим доступа : http://liber.hse.perm.ru/expose/dmit.pdf - Библиогр. в конце гл. - ISBN 978-5-7598-1000-1. ББК 65.41я73

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SHADRINA ELENA VITALEVNA

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