The bar chart below shows the percentage participation of men in senior development in three companies between 1980 and the year 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and report in the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The chart illustrates the male contribution rates in senior development of IBM,Microsoft and

Apple

over a time period of 30

years

from 1980 to 2010.

Overall

, it can be clearly recognised a gain of men in higher positions over the three decades for all three companies. In the

year

1980,

apple

consisted of 15% of male seniors

while

the least was from IBM at a rate of 3%.

In contrast

, in the

year

2010, IBM showed a climb of 63%.

However

,

this

is not the case for

Apple

and the graph depicts a rate of 25% which is not a considerable growth from the

year

1980. Microsoft indicates a moderate increase during the 30

years

starting from a percentage of 17% in 1980 and the latest development was 45% in the

year

2010. Even though Microsoft have a steady improvement throughout the

years

1985 to 2000, during the

last

10

years

the

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male involvement has boomed from 30%. Considerably,

Apple

's high position male employees fluctuated during that time.

For instance

, there was a downward trend from 1980 to 1985 and it goes up in the

years

of 1990 and 1995.

Consequently

, it again shows a decrease in the

year

2000 and

then

rose in the

year

2010.