Re-discovering Space for the Organisation – Conceptual Considerations

Abstract

Background. The peculiar "shrinking" of the world and the already proverbial statement of "the end of the distance" as a result of global processes and technological development have set the thought of the distance aside. However, it seems that there would be a renaissance of scientific interest in space, because it still is one of the basic cognitive and interpretative categories, continually experienced by humans and organisations. The organisations are more and more "struggling" with different spaces, especially in the face of the "locality-globality" dichotomy, or virtual and network spaces phenomena. Research aims. The aim of the research is an attempt of interdisciplinary and innovative conceptualisation of space issues in the context of organisation and management sciences. Through the course of the research different dimensions of space were identified. Methodology. Deductive way of reasoning was implemented afterwards. At the macro analysis level-a conceptual model has was built. In the further part of the study a theoretical experiment was made to indicate the applicative capabilities of the model on the meso level, in relation to the business models concept. Key findings. As a result of conceptual experiments, an original model of four dimensions of space was proposed. This model can be a universal tool for the organization. This article presents its application within the concept of business models.