management

• "he was given overall management of the program"
• "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

Synonyms

• directiona line leading to a place or point; the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action ; the act of managing something; a message describing how something is to be done; the act of setting and holding a course; a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; the concentration of attention or energy on something