Barbara Dietsche examines the topic of "administration" for the first time with a historical perspective in the context of continuing education. The author systematizes and differentiates aspects of the understanding of administration, administrative activities, and the relationships between administration and pedagogy through a role-theoretical focus. She starts from situated and concrete descriptions of administrative activities across various professional positions. Insights into practice lead to understanding "administration" at the micro-level of the individual employee as one of several institutionalized role elements. Thus, the study provides impulses to consider other educational fields in a similar manner.