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Most high-level positions in companies are filled by men even though the workforce in many developed countries is more than 50 per cent female. Companies should be required to allocate a certain percentage of these positions to women. To what extent do you agree?

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Most high-ranking
positions
 in
companies
 are being filled by men, despite that more than 50 per
cent
 of the employees are
women
 in a lot of high-income countries.
Companies
 should be forced to dispense a certain proportion of these posts to
women
.
This
 essay totally agrees with
this
 statement because, by doing
this
, the relative
level
 of
competence
 in the company
as well as
 the ability to cooperate would increase. By allocating a certain per
cent
 of high-
level
positions
 to
women
,
companies
 would reach a higher
competence
level
.
This
 is because a lot of
women
 with the right
competence
 are overlooked
,
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 since the tradition of male executives
are
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 very strong. Allocated recruitment would result in
women
 with high
competence
 rather than mediocre men in those high-
level
positions
.
For example
, an audit of the relative
competence
level
 in one of the biggest investment banks in Sweden showed a significant increase after they decided to allocate at least 40 per
cent
 of their leading
positions
 to
women
.
Companies
 with gender equality show better cooperation.
In other words
, both male and female leaders are needed in a company because men and
women
 contribute with different aspects to the group dynamics.
For example
, in space
shuttles
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 the crew is always formed with a certain per
cent
 of both female and male crewmembers
,
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 since cooperation is so vital. In conclusion,
this
 essay totally agrees with the statement that
companies
 should be obliged to recruit
women
 for a certain percentage of the leading
positions
 because
this
 is a way of increasing both the
level
 of
competence
 and
the
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cooperation in the company.
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