The generalized quantum group $\mathcal{U}(\epsilon)$ of type $A$ is an affine analogue of quantum group associated to a general linear Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{gl}_{M|N}$. We prove that there exists a unique $R$ matrix on tensor product of fundamental type representations of $\mathcal{U}(\epsilon)$ for arbitrary parameter sequence $\epsilon$ corresponding to a non-conjugate Borel subalgebra of $\mathfrak{gl}_{M|N}$... We give an explicit description of its spectral decomposition, and then as an application, construct a family of finite-dimensional irreducible $\mathcal{U}(\epsilon)$-modules which have subspaces isomorphic to the Kirillov-Reshetikhin modules of usual affine type $A_{M-1}^{(1)}$ or $A_{N-1}^{(1)}$. (read more)