COPE

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Definitions

1. I've had an insight into what cope really is. It is the process of finding and correcting out-points without ever discovering a why and without organizing any return to the ideal scene. A coper goes, "Out-point foundòÀÔcorrect it; outpoint foundòÀÔcorrect it; out-point foundòÀÔcorrect it." This perpetual cycle never finds or corrects why these out-points. So it just gets worse and worse. (OODs 21 Sept 70)

2. to handle whatever comes up. In the dictionary it means "to deal successfully with a difficult situation." We use it to mean "to handle any old way whatever comes up, to handle it successfully and somehow." (HCO PL 22 Sept 70)

3. the right way to go about it is to have the tech of a job, plan it, get the materials, and then do it. This we call organizing. When this sequence is not followed, we have what we call cope. Too much cope will eventually break morale. One copes while he organizes. If he copes too long without organizing he will get a dwindling or no product. If he organizes only he will get no product. Coping while organizing will bit by bit get the line and action straighter and straighter and with less work you get more product. (OODs 15 May 71)

4. doing the best one can with it. Single-handing goes with cope. (CBO 133)