The chart illustrates the information about the percentage of time allocated for different works in the office in the US in the years 1980 and 2000.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that time used for computer-related activities increased dramatically, while there were an downward trend in time provided for phone, paper doctument, and meeting. In contrast, time assigned for face-to-face communication and other activities remained unchanged.
In 1980, time allocated for works done by computers accounted for mere 2%. After that, there was a substantial rise to 30%, in 2000. Although time used for phone made up for 30% in 1980, it then decreased noticeably to 17% in 2000. At the same time, before falling to 6% in 2000, the duration of meeting was 19% in 1980.
As for face-to-face communication and other activities, the time used for them stayed the same, at 14% and 15%, respectively. However, time used for paper document was constituted for 20% in 1980, twice as high as those in 2000, at 10%. Furthermore, time set aside for email, new activity included in 2000, took up 8% of total.