ABSTRACT
This section introduces the theory of information space as space of social action that enables the handling of information and information objects. All spheres of our everyday life are (re)organised via the information space. With the shift of the working objects into the information space, new possibilities of the division of labour become possible and realisable.
The progressive digitisation of objects and processes marks a new phase in the informatisation process. This means new possibilities to create workspaces (virtual workspaces, mobile workplaces), the international division of labour, new value chains and new business models, as well as a flexibilisation and multiplication of workplaces and spatial scales.
Information space theory aims to understand the impact of digitisation (and virtualisation) to/on workplaces, leadership and management, and gives hints for the design of such workplaces. As it refers to the changing materiality of workplaces in the course of advancing use of technologies and digitalisation and especially to the emergence of new working spaces, this approach emphasises the matter of space as well as the challenges of parallel existing virtual spaces and places where people work.
