The simulation is designed for cultural self-awareness and developing interpersonal cross-cultural communication and analytical skills. It uses the role-playing technique based on scenarios with specific problems or tasks involving a participating American, often representing his or her particular organization and job, and Mr. Khan as his or her counterpart in a country overseas. The scenario usually takes place in a generic non-American and non-European culture, and Mr. Khan is always culture-general. He represents no particular culture, but is instead a contrast to the mainstream American culture.