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The word ‘governance’, derived from the Greek ‘kubernaein’, means to ‘steer’and refers to the manner of steering, directing or controlling a group of people, or organization. 1 Governance can be complex, messy and context specific. Osborne and Gaebler (1992) make the distinction between governing (steering) and implementing operations or policy (ie, rowing) and started debates in the 1990s about steering more and rowing less for organizational change. At its simplest, governance is a thread that ties together the quality of organizational decisions, the types of policies developed and implemented, and the degree to which desired outcomes are achieved.

The role of ‘good governance’underpinning effective and efficient performance is commonly referred to in the literature but lacks an exact meaning.‘Good governance’often refers to a ‘grab bag’of aspirational elements depending on the organization and setting …