The incentive to improve external conditions is called external incentive. Such as raising wages and improving working conditions. If enterprises can skillfully combine internal incentives with external incentives, the implementation of the balanced scorecard project will be a great success.

Intrinsic motivation is to motivate yourself to work hard by setting goals for yourself, but this intrinsic motivation has strong externalities.

Intrinsic motivation, the motivation that work itself brings to people, including the fun of work itself, people's sense of responsibility and accomplishment. External incentives refer to rewards outside work, including increasing remuneration, promoting positions, improving interpersonal relationships and so on. Intrinsic motivation has a more stable, lasting and stronger effect.

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1959, when the famous psychologist White made an experimental study on animal behavior, he found that many animals would spontaneously repeat an action out of their own preferences even without external rewards, so he put forward internal motivation for the first time in the field of psychology.

Internal motivation, employees' responsibilities, achievements, sense of honor and learning new knowledge and skills. External incentives include promotion, welfare, praise and recognition.

Internal motivation, direct satisfaction at work; External motivation refers to indirect satisfaction outside work. Many people would rather give up the opportunity to make money in order to "get job satisfaction".

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