Structure of a formal report

The structure of a formal report is as follow:

1. Title page
2. Letter of transmittal (to indicate a specific reader and calls attention to those items or sections in the report)
3. Table of contents
4. List of figures, illustrations and tables
5. Summary (to give an overview of the report)
6. Introduction
-----6.1. Aims and objectives (to provide reasons for the investigation)
-----6.2. Scope
9. Body of report
-----9.1 Method of research
-----9.2 Results
-----9.3 Discussion and analysis
10. Conclusions
11. Recommendations
12. References/bibliography
13. Appendices

References

Terry Mohan, Helen McGregor, Shirley Saunders and Ray Archee "Communicating as professionals", 3nd Ed, Thomson, 2008.