governance

noun gov·er·nance \ ˈgə-vər-nən(t)s \

Definition of governance

:government

the challenges of national governance

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Examples of governance in a Sentence

They have very different approaches to the governance of the city.
after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council

Recent Examples of governance from the Web

The effort was led by N R Narayana Murthy, who had clashed with the board in recent months over the company’s performance, corporate governance and the compensation of former Chief Executive Officer Vishal Sikka.

— saritha rai, Bloomberg.com, "Infosys Ex-CEO Nilekani Returns to Steer Troubled Tech Icon," 24 Aug. 2017
Immelt also could help with Uber’s corporate governance and regulatory challenges, and perhaps take a strategic knife to costly business ventures to shore up the company’s financials.

— jon swartz, USA TODAY, "GE's Jeff Immelt as Uber CEO would bring stability and outsider pedigree," 24 Aug. 2017
Areas of student are designed to strengthen leadership skills and give members a firm foundation in the essential governance skills needed to carry out their responsibilities.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Killingly Edition," 22 Aug. 2017
Meanwhile in China, a wobbly republican state led by military general Yuan Shikai replaced the imperial system of governance in 1912.

— lorraine boissoneault, Smithsonian, "The Surprisingly Important Role China Played in WWI," 17 Aug. 2017
Whether its unorthodox admissions policy and shared governance will change remains to be seen.

— deanna isaacs, Chicago Reader, "Shimer College is gone, but the school lives on," 15 Aug. 2017
Danielle Brown, Google’s vice president of diversity, integrity and governance, also pushed back against assertions in the memo.

— ethan varian, latimes.com, "Fired Google employee says his gender memo was a reaction to diversity training," 9 Aug. 2017
His impulsive tweeting, his compulsive television-watching, and his ignorance of the basic rules of governance and the nuances of domestic and international policy mean that he is uniquely positioned to make extraordinarily consequential mistakes.

— david french, National Review, "In Defense of Trump’s Generals," 7 Aug. 2017
However, entomologists today are finding that a lot of it is self-governance and that ants are communicating to each other at great speeds.

— National Geographic, "Without Bugs, We Might All Be Dead," 6 Aug. 2017

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