A manager at a bank believes that the bank's hiring budget should be increased so that experienced employees can be hired. Another manager disagrees with her and believes that hiring costs should be reduced. He suggests recruiting talented but inexperienced employees who will accept lower salaries. A conflict manager helps them work together to come up with a plan that allows them to hire both experienced and inexperienced people without increasing their budget. In the context of the styles of conflict management, the conflict manager in this scenario is a(n) .

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?