The main research question of this study is: what are the internal perceptions of leadership from the viewpoint of the executive management, middle management and lower management of the academic cadre, the chairpersons and the SRC representatives of councils that might inhibit or excel organisational transformation at public institutions of higher learning within Namibia? With the intention to answer this question, the following sub-questions were posed:

• To what extent do public institutions of higher learning in Namibia comply with leadership practices to drive organisational transformation of public institutions of higher learning to adhere to Vision 2030?
• How does the academic leadership at these two public institutions of higher learning in Namibia view organisational transformation within institutions of higher learning?
• What decision-making power resides at each level of academic leadership that may affect organisational transformation within these two public institutions of higher learning in Namibia?
• Can a normative leadership model guide organisational transformation at these two public institutions of higher learning in Namibia?