governance

governance
    n 1: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up
         a body for the purpose of administering something; "he
         claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the
         governance of an association is responsible to its
         members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the
         establishment" [syn: {administration}, {governance},
         {governing body}, {establishment}, {brass}, {organization},
         {organisation}]
    2: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for
       the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable
       experience of government" [syn: {government}, {governing},
       {governance}, {government activity}, {administration}]
    

Governance \Gov"ern*ance\, n. [F. gouvernance.]
   Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
   --Chaucer. --J. H. Newman.
   [1913 Webster]