12185. SHOULD DIPLOMATS TAKE BUSINESS COURSES. The purpose of this essay is to examine and comments upon the case for including management as a training component in courses for diplomats. It begins with an overview and discussion of the inseparability of politics and economics in the work of both diplomats and managers and then makes the argument that management should definitely be included as a training component in courses for diplomats. The concluding section makes recommendations on specific types of management/business courses which might prove especially useful for the contemporary diplomat. 6 pages, 12 footnotes, 9 bibliographic sources.