Week 1 (5 items)
Topic: Introduction to Module: Strategic Sports Development and Strategic Planning
Strategic sport development, by Stephen Robson; Kirstie Simpson; Lee Tucker, 2013
| Essential
Elite sport development: policy learning and political priorities, by Mick Green; Barrie Houlihan, 2005
| Essential
Routledge handbook of sports development, by Barrie Houlihan; Mick Green, 2011
| Essential
Examining sports development, by Michael F. Collins, 2010
| Essential
Get Active: a strategy for the future of sport and physical activity
| Essential
Week 2 (5 items)
Topic: Policy Development, Leadership and Governance in Sport
Global sports policy, by Catherine Palmer, 2013
| Essential
Sport policy, and development: an introduction, by Daniel Bloyce; Andy Smith, 2009
| Essential
The politics of sports development: development of sport or development through sport?, by Barrie Houlihan; Anita White, 2002
| Essential
Sport policy in Britain, by Barrie Houlihan; Iain Lindsey, 2013
| Essential
Sports development: policy, process and practice, by Kevin Hylton, 2013
| Essential
Week 3 (3 items)
Topic: Strategic Partnerships and Stakeholder Management
Managing and developing community sport, edited by Robert Wilson; Chris Platts, 2018
| Recommended
Sport management: principles and applications, by Russell Hoye; Katie Misener; Michael L. Naraine; Catherine Ordway, 2022
| Recommended
Strategic management: from theory to practice, by Allen C. Amason, 2011
| Essential
Week 4 (4 items)
Topic: Strategic Marketing and Communication in Sport
Managing sport business: an introduction, edited by David Hassan, 2018
| Recommended
Sport public relations and communication, by Hopwood, Maria.; Kitchin, Paul.; Skinner, James; EBSCOhost, 2010
| Recommended
Strategic leadership in the public sector, by Paul Joyce, 2017
| Background
Sport marketing in an era of sustainability – responsibilities, opportunities, and pitfalls for strategic marketing in and through sport - in Journal of strategic marketing, by Manoli, Argyro Elisavet, 2025-08-01
| Background
Week 5 (4 items)
Topic: Funding and Resource Management / Innovation and Change Management in Sport
The business of sport management, by Beech, John G.; Chadwick, Simon, 2013 - 2013, 2013
| Recommended
Strategic Management, by Richard Lynch; Richard Lynch; Oliver Barish; Vinh Sum Chau; Charles Thornton; Karl S. R. Warner, 2024
| Recommended
Participation in sport: international policy perspectives, by Matthew Nicholson; Russell Hoye; Barrie Houlihan, 2011
| Recommended
Sport-based entrepreneurship: towards a new theory of entrepreneurship and sport management - in International entrepreneurship and management journal, by Ratten, Vanessa, 2011-03-01
| Background
Week 6 (4 items)
Topic: Risk Management, Legal Considerations, Measuring Impact & Future Trends
Sport for development : what game are we playing?, by Coalter, Fred., 2013
| Recommended
Human resource management in sport and recreation, by Chelladurai, P.; Kim, Amy, 2023
| Recommended
The Routledge handbook of gender politics in sport and physical activity, by Molnar, Gyozo; Bullingham, Rachael, 2022 - 2022, 2022
| Background
Risk Management of Sports Venues and Olympic Sports Cooperation Spirit under Complex Environment - in Journal of environmental and public health, by Jiang, Dianzai; Kaifa, Zhao, 2022
| Background