Order without intermediate agent — something charged (9)
I believe the answer is:
direction
'order' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'without intermediate agent something charged' is the wordplay.
'without intermediate agent' becomes 'direct' (as in directly).
'something charged' becomes 'ion'.
'direct'+'ion'='DIRECTION'
(Other definitions for direction that I've seen before include "Guidance" , "Decision-making" , "Tenor" , "Administration" , "Command" .)