Robert H. Woods, currently the professor and director for the study of lodging operations at Purdue University, will join the faculty in UNLV�s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration this fall.

According to a recent survey, Woods is the most cited author and the third most prolific writer in hospitality education, said Thomas Jones, chair of UNLV�s department of hotel management.
 

Woods has written more than 75 refereed articles and three textbooks, including, �Managing Hospitality Human Resources,� �Quality Leadership and Management,� and �Job Description Handbook for the Club Managers Association of American.�  He now is working on a textbook about vacation ownership management with John Sweeney of RCI Consulting Inc. and serves on the education committee of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). �Bob Woods�s authorship of �Leadership Perceptions of Future Problems in the

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�Every major hotel chain now has a timeshare division, but most schools of hospitality education are completely unaware of the differences that exist between hotels and timeshare business,� he said.

The first timeshare course at UNLV was offered in the fall of 1998 by Sweeney and Richard Ragatz from RCI Consulting.  A UNLV student division of ARDA was formed in the fall of 1999 and many of the student members served as hosts at the ARDA 2000 Spring Conference held in Las Vegas in April.