Answer: (ii) Forecasting Manpower Needs

Justification:

• Human Resource Planning (HRP) is defined as the process of forecasting the organisation's future demand and supply of human resources and planning to fulfill it.
• It involves assessing current manpower inventory, forecasting future needs (quantity, quality, type), and balancing demand-supply through recruitment, training or downsizing.
• Why not others?
  • (i) Employee Motivation - belongs to Motivation / OB, not planning
  • (iii) Wage Determination - belongs to Compensation Management
  • (iv) Conflict Resolution - belongs to Industrial Relations / Grievance Handling

Core HRP activities: Job Analysis → Forecasting → Manpower Inventory → Gap Analysis → HR Programs.