Administration course (9)
I believe the answer is:
direction
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'administration' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'course' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
(Other definitions for direction that I've seen before include "Tenor" , "Guidance" , "Course in which something is travelling" , "Trend, tendency" , "Management" .)