education, innovation, and producers of knowledge that is give it special attention in the filed of governance and management performance system.

 Performance management system aim to araise effecincy and effectiveness of performance  which is need to adopt proper tooles to attain this aimes, so this paper provide a letrature review about the concept  of  governance especialy  university governance, its objectives, importance  and its principles also discuss in briefly governance critical factores and challenges in universities on other hand this paper provide aletratuer review about performance management system and its importance in  universities.