A review of the impact of transformational leadership on organisational excellence – case for the higher education institutions in Nigeria

The need for excellence in the satisfaction of stakeholders to an organisation had gained momentum in the last three decades. Initial emphasis had been on manufacturing sectors but later emphasis extended to service sectors like higher education institutions. To achieve this excellence and achieve world class status, transformational leadership had been seen to triger organisational excellence. Studies on organisation excellence in higher education institution had been concentrated in foreign European, American, Asian and few African countries. The problems of inefficiency of higher education institutions in Nigeria are many. This article reviews previous researches on the impact of transformational leadership on organisational excellence. It thereby stated the implications of these impacts and how transformastional leadership can ensure organisational excellence in higher education institutions in Nigeria for them to become world class institutions.