Inside the framework of port governance, Talley (2009) highlighted that "Port governance refers to the ownership, management, and control of the operations of a port"; that is, the author presents a perception of the port governance concept similar to that of the World Bank (2007), which indicates what port governance refers to, but does not clarify what it is that it implies.
Due to the good governance concepts, accountability of the whole laboratory process is the main focus of current concern in laboratory medicine.
With the development of the "governance" concept, international institutions represented by the World Bank have developed a variety of analytical tools for governance assessment, such as World Governance Index (WGI), the Governance Analysis Framework (GAF), etc.
The authors adapt the UNDP good governance concept [ 14] to produce a framework which encompasses ten health system governance principles to assess governance of the health system.
The SAGA survey instrument allows for rapid data gathering and analysis based on a standardised set of governance concepts and indicators.
Thus, respondents were asked to rate the extent of familiarity with clinical governance concepts and policy.
In this study we did not attempt to measure global health governance but rather narrowed the concept of governance to the Zambian health care system and how governance can be measured at the lowest unit of health service delivery.
The selected case studies are dedicated to aspects related to or falling under the concept of governance; not however, to governance and HRH as a whole.
Whether one focuses on the new governance, weak states, or patterns of rule in general, the concept of governance raises issues about public policy and democracy.
The framework assisted in disentangling the broad concept of governance and helped in identifying what governance dimensions are addressed and to what extent.
