The given bar chart illustrates the rates of men’s participation in senior development position in IBM, Microsoft and Apple companies over a period between 1980 and 2010.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that the percentage of male involvement in senior development in IBM company experienced a significant growth throughout the period even though started with a downward trend compared to other companies. Whereas the total men’s engagement in a top-tier development positions in IBM and Microsoft increased gradually, this rate showed a fluctuations in Apple.
The IBM’s percentage of male involvement in high positions was just about 2% in 1980 and stabilized until 1985 at this certain percentage. Despite this, this proportion increased to under 30% outracing two other companies. Additionally, this percentage kept rasing and faced its peak at approximately 62% in 2010
In 1980, the engagement of men in higher positions in Apple company was around 15%, being a better result than a Microsoft, whereas this engagement in Microsoft held a medium position at approximately 8%. The Apple’s proportion presented ups and dows through the total duration,but was higher than Microsoft, while that amount in Microsoft company was growing slowly, it managed to outrace the Apple with nearly 44% in 2010.