Development of Critical and Creative Thinking in General Staff Officers.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to address the development of critical and creative thinking in General Staff Officers (OEM). Initially, a conceptual theoretical approach to these types of thinking will be made; then, the skills involved in the mental processes through which they are applied will bedefined; the most adequate methodological strategies for their teaching will be defined; and finally, aproposal for their evaluation will be presented, specifically oriented to the application of the Military Planning Process in an applied exercise. In general, it is intended to determine the importance of critical and creative thinking in decision-making processes.