Issues and Problems. Bill Lancaster, president of Black and Decker's Eastern Hemisphere, was facing a difficult problem regarding the implementation of a new performance appraisal system. He had three choices to accept the modified ADP system developed by Anita Lim, manager of Human Resources to implement the ADP system adopted in the U.S. or to continue allowing the different sites to use variations of (MBO) Management by Objective plan. (ADP) Appraisal Development Plan, also …showed first 75 words of 1376 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1376 total…have to consider closing the whole division. That is something neither the corporation nor the various nations want to occur. Change is always difficult and it is especially challenging in other nations but it must be done in order to stay a leader amongst the competition. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Morrison, Dr. Allen and Black, Dr. Steward. (1998, December). Black & Decker-Eastern Hemisphere and the ADP Initiative (A). London, Ontario, Canada: Ivey Publishing, the University of Western Ontario.