Desarrollo de la creatividad en la formación de los profesionales

Background: The specialized literature increasingly reflects the social demand existing at the world level of professionals with a higher development of their abilities as regards creativity, communication, motivation, group work, leadership and management, among others. For this reason, the number of sociopsychological trainings conducted as a modality of professional self-improvement has been increased since the 1980s. Objectives: To make a general synthesis of the concept of "sociopsychological training" as well as to show the results of its application in several enterprises of the Ministry of the Iron and Steel Industry (SIME, in Spanish). Results: It was confirmed that the sociopsychological training on creativity develops the creative attitude of its participants, increase the resistance to the closedown and the originality of those taking part in the training course. Conclusions: The development attained in the sphere of creativity by this training is applied to the solution of real problems at entreprises.